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Longwood Gardens adds three trustees, plus Chester's $45.7 million number

Plus, SALT supporters launch a $2 million campaign to buy the theater's home

The West Chester Morning News team2 stories18 sources5 min read

Longwood GardensTop story

Longwood Gardens adds three new trustees as three longtime members step down

The three new trustees bring finance, marketing and education experience

TrusteeCurrent roleExpertise
Carol ChanInter-American Development Bank GroupFinance
Avery StablerWalmart ConnectMarketing
Michael VaughanUniversity of DelawareEducation

If you love Longwood, here's who is helping steer it next. The gardens appointed Carol Chan, Avery Stabler and Michael Vaughan to its Board of Trustees. They join as Michael Bontrager, Robert McCracken Peck and Margaretta K. Stabler conclude their service.

  • Chan oversees more than $9 billion in retirement trust assets
  • Chan served on Longwood's Endowment Investment Committee
  • Vaughan has more than 34 years of administrative experience at UD
  • Margaretta Stabler is a grandniece of founder Pierre S. du Pont

Longwood President and CEO Paul B. Redman said the outgoing trustees helped guide the gardens through the Main Fountain Garden Revitalization, Longwood Reimagined and the acquisition. That last one made Longwood a multisite organization.

The outgoing trustees leave after long service

66 years
of combined board service from the three trustees leaving
38 years
of that served by Margaretta Stabler
1,700 acres
(nearly) that Longwood now stewards in the Brandywine Valley

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Delaware County

Chester's receiver says the city needs $45.7 million in upfront funding in 2027

If you live in or near Chester, the city's state-appointed just put a price on getting out of bankruptcy. The Receiver's Office identified $45.7 million in upfront funding needs for 2027 in a memo called "The Number." It also says the city faces a growing budget deficit over the next 10 years, driven by personnel and healthcare costs.

Chester's pension obligations dwarf its other funding needs

Source: NBC10 Philadelphia

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Pension obligations$41.6 million
2028 operating deficit$4.3 million
Necessary investments$1.1 million
  • Next community meeting: Wed., Nov. 18, 5:30 p.m., Chester City Hall, Community Room 1 E.
  • City fund balance now: $12 million
  • Police pension fund: five years of assets

Receiver Vijay Kapoor told WHYY News, "It's challenging, but I also think it's doable." He called the figure his team's "good faith estimate" of the deficit to close to get out of bankruptcy. If talks don't produce an acceptable resolution, the receiver says it has a responsibility to file a through the bankruptcy process.

$36.8 millionprojected annual deficit in 2036

The projects Chester's annual deficit growing to that figure because of rising costs, particularly personnel and healthcare.

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SALT

West Pikeland Township supervisors voted to put 1645 Art School Road up for sale, home of SALT Performing Arts, with bids due in early December. The township bought 1001 Kimberton Road for around $5.3 million for a new police station, and a motion to rescind that purchase and stop the sale failed, 3-2. Supporters have launched a campaign to raise $2 million so SALT can buy the building. VISTA.TodayKYW NewsradioInquirer.com

Uwchlan

Uwchlan Township supervisors denied a zoning amendment and a nearly 500-home proposal. Some residents worry what could become of the 237-acre property. Inquirer.com

PECO line

The state Department of Environmental Protection will hold a virtual public meeting from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wed., Nov. 18, on PECO's application. The 67-megawatt line would serve a planned hyperscale data center in Montgomery County and cross the Schuylkill River, with potential impacts on wetlands and floodplains in Chester and Montgomery counties. MyChesCo

Painter's Folly

Painter's Folly, the Chadds Ford house at 1421 Baltimore Pike tied to Howard Pyle and the Wyeths, is back at online auction Nov. 11-13 with a $400,000 minimum bid. An October auction with no reserve drew a top bid of $325,000, and Chadds Ford Township turned it down. PHILADELPHIA.Today

Painter's Folly's new minimum bid tops October's turned-down offer

Source: PHILADELPHIA.Today

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October top bid, turned down$325K
Nov. 11-13 minimum bid$400K

Inspections

Chester County health inspectors flagged violations at six food facilities on Tue., Nov. 10, and three of the six were follow-up visits. Morningside House of Exton received 14 violations, and inspectors recorded 15 facilities in compliance. MyChesCo

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Home

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Delco budget

Delaware County's proposed 2027 budget includes no property tax increases for the first time since 2023. The tentative $997.1 million budget is 5.4% higher than the previous year. WHYY

$997.1 millionDelaware County's tentative 2027 budget

That's 5.4% higher than the previous year, and it includes no property tax increases.

Source: WHYY

Veterans parade

Delaware County marked Veterans Day with its 67th annual parade and program Wednesday, themed "Honoring 250 Years of Service and Sacrifice." NBC10 reports hundreds of people gathered in Media. CBS Philadelphia also covered the parade. 6abc PhiladelphiaCBS PhiladelphiaNBC10 Philadelphia

Union

Norristown brothers Cavan and Quinn Sullivan helped the Philadelphia Union lock up the No. 6 seed in the East with a 4–1 win over Toronto FC on Nov. 7. The Union open the MLS Cup Playoffs on Nov. 21. MONTCO.Today

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The Wrap

The lobby at West Chester University's Asplund Concert Hall is about to become a New Orleans museum. For the Pennsylvania premiere of Amy Beach's one-act opera Cabildo, audience members tour the Cabildo Museum and meet performers in character before the show, Friday, Nov. 13, and Saturday, Nov. 14. Curtain up on the tour.

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West Chester Morning Newsto me · Thurs., Nov. 126:00 a.m.

Longwood Gardens adds three trustees, plus Chester's $45.7 million number

Plus, SALT supporters launch a $2 million campaign to buy the theater's home

The TLDR

  1. Longwood Gardens adds three new trustees to its board
  2. Chester's receiver puts 2027 funding needs at $45.7 million
  3. SALT supporters aim to raise $2 million for the theater's home
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