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March 10, 2022
Phoenixville, Pa., March 7, 2022 — French & Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust, in a partnership with Charlestown Township, has protected 111 more acres in northern Chester County, through conservation easements on two properties owned by brothers Christopher, Nicholas and Geoffrey Crowell. The easements were funded through the township’s Open Space Initiative dedicated tax dollars. The protected properties include highly scenic viewsheds, characteristic of Charlestown Township. The easements have eliminated all but six residential rights on what could have been high-density ... View Article
March 7, 2022
Executive Summary Investments into infrastructure under the Biden Administration will have a lasting impact on infrastructure resilience and the clean energy transition for states, cities, and municipalities across the nation, as targets of 2035 for zero-carbon power generation and 2050 for a net zero economy continue to be key in both recently passed and anticipated legislation. On November 15th , the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Bipartisan Infrastructure Law) was signed into law by President Biden. This bill, developed by ... View Article
January 7, 2022
Phoenixville Unveils New Facility Brand and Timeline PHOENIXVILLE, PA—January 6, 2022—The Borough of Phoenixville recently revealed its plan to install the first hydrothermal carbonization system at a municipal wastewater treatment plant in all of North America. The new technology is faster, safer, more efficient and more environmentally friendly than the current process of anaerobic digestion and also has the potential to yield beneficial bioproducts, including biocoal, construction sand, synthetic gas and improved fertilizers. Hydrothermal carbonization, or HTC, has the power ... View Article
January 4, 2022
Each December in Phoenixville, as a culmination of the annual Firebird Festival, a 25-foot wooden phoenix is set aflame, writes Stephanie Farr for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The organizer behind that event — and the construction manager of its signature wooden bird — is Henrik Stubbe Teglbjaerg, who arrived in the U.S. from Denmark in 1989. In 2004, together with four other Phoenixville residents, Stubbe Teglbjaerg came up with the novel idea of creating a festival that would culminate with a ... View Article
January 3, 2022
U.S. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION FACT SHEET – DISASTER LOANS PENNSYLVANIA Declaration 17165 & 17166 (Disaster: PA-00113) Incident: REMNANTS OF HURRICANE IDA occurring: August 31, 2021 through September 5, 2021 in the primary Pennsylvania counties of: Bedford, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Northampton, Philadelphia, and York; for economic injury only in the contiguous Pennsylvania counties of: Adams, Berks, Blair, Cambria, Carbon, Cumberland, Dauphin, Fulton, Huntingdon, Lancaster, Lehigh, Monroe, and Somerset; for economic injury only in the contiguous Delaware County of: New Castle; ... View Article
