Oh Tredyffrin, the chatter is flying. What does Tredyffrin Township know about the future fate of Paoli Shopping Center? Manager Bill Martin shouldn’t be coy here, should he? I pay very little attention to Tredyffrin over all, and when rumors like this reach me, I just have to ask what’s the truth?
I got a text this morning asking if I had heard the latest about Paoli Shopping center….
So Tredyffrin where’s the beef? What is the truth? 700 living units there is enough to give one a fit of the vapors, right? So time to spill the tea and tell people the truth. Residential development there would affect so much and not positively. Think overcrowded school district, overburdened infrastructure, and more…..
These rumors have been floating for a couple of years, but this time there was a rather large number attached to it and why?
Can’t someone just tell people what the truth actually is? Is it so hard? Is redevelopment planned and if so, what and how large? 
Curtain raised? Time will tell…
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While I don’t like the secrecy behind this project, I must admit that I cannot stand the Paoli Shopping Center. Massive parking lot with many dated shops including overpriced ACME. I feel like it’s only a matter of time until that dated monstrosity is replaced with something more modern and useful. Perhaps a walkable town center with a mix of apartments / retail / greenery.
That being said, the planning in Paoli for the last 40 years plus has been horrid. Hopefully the township can take into consideration the opinions of locals and professional city / town planners.
In closing, I do hope that shopping center is replaced with something a bit more appropriate for a town center. Strip malls are dull and void of soul. Hoping we can all come together to find something better.
I don’t disagree that it is kind of ugly and I wholeheartedly agree with your comment about it needing to be a public process