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the everything but the kitchen sink post about the east whiteland data center.

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I begin with a stop work order issued today at 4 PM against Sentinel Green Fig re: Data Center in East Whiteland. (Screenshot above.)

Next is a little ditty “explaining” a few things including East Whiteland saying on the record they did not sign NDAs with these data center people. I am glad to hear this.

Next will be some fun right to know dumps. From the EPA and more. Here below is a screen shot of a plan sent to EPA. Which one is this? And still I ask, Foote Mineral, really? Toxic AF much?

And then this one below and next, also EPA I think and how what an amended plan? Not an approved one?

Then I got this email from today:

In case you can’t read, here is the verbiage verbatim:

Subject: Data Center Project | Request for Immediate Review of Permits

Dear East Whiteland Board of Supervisors, 

I’m writing to follow up on the comments I made at the Board of Supervisors meeting on Wednesday, August 19 regarding the permits issued for the proposed data center project.

I am requesting an immediate review of Permit #B-2026-221 and any related permits issued for the 2024 approved Land Development Plan (the “2024 Plan”).

It is my understanding that this Permit should not have been issued without a commitment letter from Aqua specific to the 2024 Plan. It is also my understanding that the Township has not received that commitment letter. If Aqua has provided the required commitment letter, please share a copy with me. If the Township has not received it, I am requesting that the Township take immediate action to suspend or revoke the Permit until all requirements for its issuance have been satisfied.

I am also attaching documents received from the EPA through a Right-to-Know request that raise an additional concern. The documents appear to show that the developer/applicant submitted information in November 2025 (prior to filing an amendment with East Whiteland Township) reflecting the amended project design they are currently seeking approval for, rather than the 2024 Plan previously approved by the Township. Specifically, the submission references shallow foundations, rather than the basements included in the 2024 Plan.

This raises a fundamental question: What plan is the developer currently constructing and obtaining permits to build?

Until the Township can confirm that the work being permitted and performed on the property is fully consistent with the currently approved 2024 Plan, I am requesting that the Township suspend the issuance and effectiveness of all permits issued for work not associated with the 2024 Plan and halt work authorized by those permits.

At a minimum, I am requesting written confirmation of:
1. Whether the Township has received the required Aqua commitment letter for the approved 2024 Plan and, if so, a copy of that letter.
2. Whether Permit #B-2026-221 and all related permits were properly issued based on the requirements of East Whiteland ordinance in effect at the time of issuance and consistent with the approved 2024 Plan.
3. Which approved land development plan and plan revision supports the issuance of each currently issued permit.
4. Whether the construction and foundation design reflected in the EPA submission are consistent with the 2024 Plan.
5. What action the Township will take if permits were issued based upon an unapproved plan or design or without required documentation.

Given the questions surrounding the approved 2024 Plan and the permits currently allowing work to proceed, I believe this warrants immediate attention. Please confirm receipt of this email within 24 hours and provide an update regarding the Township’s review and intended action.

Thank you,

Jessica Larkin

Wowza! The residents of East Whiteland are ON FIRE!

Before I post a slew of documents allow me a couple of gems I saw one of on a right to know and now another one today (and both are on township website as of this afternoon.) Not sure of the who was on first prior because Ginny Keslake has done some calling out on her Facebook page:

2026 permit update dcEAST WHITELAND august 26 updateDownload
Green Fig Permit Update August 3, 2026 EAST WHITELANDDownload

Ginny links:

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18mKAXjxpo

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/14tM7iGhtB9

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1BdaMuHVWW/
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1BxjMG1sax/

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BgU8XcXii

You know I love a good drone video, here’s a recent fly by of the East Whiteland Data Center Site at Foote Mineral:

So then this showed up in someone’s right to know:

Then these little redacted gems:

Next I will load in all of the various things from people’s FOIA requests to the EPA that I have seen. They are not my work product. These are the residents who are amazeballs. I am only publishing what they received which is public. I would like to know where is the contaminated soil going? 2 stories approved plan drawing states 3 stories (includes basement)?? The approved plan requires them to excavate and move 5,000,000 cubic feet of contaminated soil- their number???Actually there are so many questions, all of or heads are spinning as to why in the Sam Hell is this still a project?

The residents of East Whiteland are on fire. They are amazing. I am in awe.

ED_021284A_00000011_Formal_RWR.pdf july 2023 montrosDownload
ED_021284A_00000026_Formal_RWR sept 23 montroseDownload
ED_021284A_00000037_Formal_RWR.pdf JF Oct 23 montroseDownload
ED_021284A_00000049_Formal_RWR.pdf feb 24 montrose JFDownload
ED_021284A_00000202_Formal_RWR Jf EPA intake LYdDownload
ED_021284A_00000203_Formal_RIF EPA JF LYd2Download
ED_021284A_00000201_Formal_RIF JF 24 EPA emailDownload
ED_021284A_00000205_FORMAL_RWR JF emails 25Download
ED_021284A_00000205_FORMAL_RWR october 2025Download
ED_021284A_00000206_FORMAL_RIF epa intakeDownload
ED_021284A_00000206_FORMAL_RIF nov 25 JF EPA intakeDownload
ED_021284A_00000207_FORMAL_RIF epa intake 2Download
ED_021284A_00000207_FORMAL_RIF sentinel comfort nov 25 JfDownload
ED_021284A_00000208_FORMAL_RWR plan shared with epaDownload
ED_021284A_00000208_FORMAL_RWR.pdf Jf plan to epaDownload
Letter – Final Response 2026-6723 bob epa (1) redactedDownload
Letter – Interim Resp. 3 2026-4461 ferris epa (1) rEDACTEDDownload

has east whiteland been rendered mute?

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After the July 8, 2026 meeting, I reached out to East Whiteland Township because part of the audio at different points in the meeting once again disappeared.

Yesterday I reached out to them again, prompted by a snippet of a meeting that Ginny Kerslake had shared:

Ginny had said (and I quote):

I just noticed that the video East Whiteland Township posted of the July 8, 2026 board of supervisors meeting has almost a full minute, muted during which they were deliberating about the vote on the requested changes to the approved plan.

And yes, a lot of of us noticed that who were watching as a zoom participant. I thought maybe at the time it was just a problem with the live stream so then I went and listened to their recording and it was the same thing.

It was because of this, and the fact that one of the people they actually muted at that meeting, and it wasn’t the first time they’ve done this to her, was State Senator Katie Muth.

To be clear, so no one is confused, this was not an executive session where they would have left the room. This was deliberation in public, and the public has a right to hear it.

So I sent a follow up email yesterday that I will share:

I realize nobody wants to talk to me because I’m against the data center, however, I contacted you in good faith on July 9, 2026. It was about the live stream/zoom/recordings of the meetings being deliberately MUTED in spots.

I asked then about your tech guys who record the meetings. I had contacted you July 9th because I have concerns about the fact that it’s subverting the public record and against sunshine laws when they mute things or edit out sound.

It came up again in conversation and I am including an excerpt that Ginny Kerslake pulled where you guys are literally deliberating in public and then the video guys cut the sound. Deliberations in public are supposed to be audible and the sound was cut in the whole room unless you were physically sitting in the room, you heard nothing.

And it’s from the same meeting in July that I contacted you about initially. And they did it again at the recent August meeting.

If they can remove the audio, they should be able restore it and you really should have them do that. And you shouldn’t let them do this going forward because it is a violation of sunshine laws.

Also note that sometimes when they have done that, you’ve actually muted our State Senator Katie Muth. And that has happened in the boardroom in the Township building and one of the times where the meetings were at Penn State when somebody turned off the microphones or took them away. I would have to go look at the video to remember which it was but I remembered there were wireless microphones.

Others are included on this email because we were talking about it. Why we were talking about it is because I’m not the only one noticing it number one, and number two if you were going to have executive session, you would’ve left the boardroom right?

If you care to reference the Sunshine Act, it’s section 704. I probably shouldn’t have to tell you guys that partially muting a meeting can indeed violate the Sunshine Act because it prevents the public from hearing deliberations that are in public and it also restricts public participation.

As of 2022, cutting the audio or muting part of a meeting that is viewed/heard online or via other telecommunications (some people dial in versus zoom on a computer or tablet) disrupts open public access.

You have a right to reasonably control your meetings as far as maintaining order and time limits on public comment, BUT this other stuff? Selective censorship is something that flies in the face of transparency and the whole concept of open meetings.

Thanks!

It’s also quite frankly, not an example of good government. I am still waiting for a reply. Since I did not receive one on July 9 or shortly thereafter, I’m also assuming I will not receive any kind of a reply that is meaningful now because what will they say? That they weren’t subverting sunshine when they were?

My final comment is they have not been doing this for just this July meeting. It’s been going on for a while. They did it again at the August meeting.

Whatever happens in that room that is being recorded and streamed and done over a Zoom or other platforms live you are supposed to hear it all. We are not hearing it all. It’s not a wedding video, they aren’t wedding videographers. If they can remove the audio, they can put it back. And they can stop doing this in the future, but my guess is they won’t do it until someone challenges it vis-à-vis the sunshine laws. And I think you have 30 days after a meeting to do that.

dear john?

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Dear John,

Yeah umm so we all know you aren’t the protagonist of Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged, right?

But your IP address keeps going back to the Chester County Intermediate Unit.

If you don’t like this blog or my writing style, that’s fine. You have several choices. You can go someplace else to be a fake literary critic, do your actual job over there whatever it is, write your own blog, or my personal favorite…just fuck off.

Yes I did just drop the F bomb here which I rarely do. But I tire easily with mansplaining and smartest guy in the room BS of it all in any form.

I don’t write for you or necessarily anyone else. I post about what interests me.

Cheers!

east whiteland might listen but they don’t hear.

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Ginny Kerslake Photo

It is amazing as each day that goes by, East Whiteland Supervisor seem to dig their heels in more. They even have a State Senator telling them they need to act and not just contemplate their collective navels pretty much every single meeting.

They have people, including residents who have taken inordinate amount of time to show them where the flaws are, where the problems are, where the danger is and it’s like they’re paralyzed.

Once again last night, it was a lot of well we have things to think about.

I don’t understand the ostriches with their heads in the sand. Because this isn’t the first issue, this has happened over and over. I mean for how many years of people been coming to the Township not just about data centers but Bishop Tube which at last night‘s meeting got extended yet again and how many years is that? And Bishop Tube has no remediation done yet does it?

Anyway, I am going to give you videos of the voices of others. Listen to what they have to say.

Ask yourselves how one township can say they’re listening yet they never hear a thing?

jason kelce can you come sing your hit data center song at an east whiteland township meeting?

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Dear Jason,

You rock. Can you come to an East Whiteland Township meeting or Conshohocken or Plymouth or East Vincent or Upper Merion?

There is an East Whiteland Township meeting at 6:30 PM.

If not, know that we literally love you for getting the data center issues being caused in communities everywhere.

west pikeland has lost it’s heart? can people please rally to save cayden’s corner?

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A dad named Ryan Contacted me. He and his wife and family lost a baby at a week old named Cayden. Literally they held him and loved him for 7 days and he was gone. I can’t imagine that feeling, wouldn’t want to, but I have had friends and family experience such losses of children.

This family while working through their grief developed a tribute to their infant son in a West Pikeland Township Park that was a sand lot fo other kids to enjoy. It was named and dedicated “Cayden’s Corner.” Over the past two years, Cayden’s Corner has become both a memorial to their deceased son and a place where who knows how many hundreds of children have played. It was built and dedicated in Pine Creek Park.

So apparently, West Pikeland Township which always seems super secretive (like do they record meetings yet?) and insular in an unhealthy way has been pursuing a larger playground improvement project at Pine Creek Park using grants and donations. A committee was formed to assist with that effort, but despite Ryan Leithead’s involvement in creating Cayden’s Corner and assisting with playground grant efforts, he was not included in those discussions? Like for real? How crass, right?

To add to this, Ryan also learned that the proposed playground redesign may involve relocating Cayden’s Corner and altering or removing the existing memorial signage and dedication that were part of the original project, and for real? Nice way for the township to make this family experience more grief and literally feel shat upon in my humble opinion.

So Ryan went to the Board of Supervisors meeting I guess last evening to speak about his concerns. During the public discussion that followed, it became clear that there are differing opinions regarding the future of Cayden’s Corner and the memorial elements associated with it.

To be very clear, Ryan Leithead is NOT opposed to improving the playground.

He supports investing in Pine Creek Park and creating an even better playground for the families of West Pikeland.

His only request is that every effort be made to preserve the memorial that already exists and that his family be included in discussions affecting something that was built in memory of their son.

Here is video:

Here is Ryan’s written statement:

Good Evening Supervisors,
My name is Ryan Leithead. I am a member of the Parks and Recreation Committee, a West Pikeland resident, and most importantly, Cayden’s father.
My wife Denise is here with me tonight, and this is her first time attending a Board of Supervisors meeting.
In December of 2022, my wife and I experienced every parent’s worst nightmare when our son Cayden passed away just seven days after he was born.
Like many families who suffer a loss like that, we struggled to find a way to channel our grief into something positive.
Working with the Township, I proposed the creation of a sand play area at Pine Creek Park that would become known as Cayden’s Corner.
What was created was far more than a donation.
I personally funded the project.
I selected the equipment and design with the assistance of a trusted and certified local playground contractor.
I helped raise additional funds and secure labor and material donations from members of our community totaling more than $25,000 in value.
I personally built much of the project with my own hands over the course of several months, working from plans reviewed by the Township engineer and supported by Township leadership at the time.
I also assisted with the original playground grant effort by securing a professional playground design and layout at no cost from the same playground contractor and by providing letters of support and community-impact information for both grant applications.
The project was completed and dedicated just before the first anniversary of Cayden’s passing.
For my family, Cayden’s Corner is not simply a playground feature.
It is a memorial.
It represents countless hours of work, healing, remembrance, love, and community support during one of the most difficult periods of our lives.
Over the past two years, I have watched hundreds of children enjoy that space.
That has brought comfort not only to me, but to my family as well.
It was recently brought to my attention that the current playground planning process may significantly alter Cayden’s Corner, including the potential relocation of the entire sand play area and associated equipment, as well as the possible removal of the memorial sign and designation.
That is why I am here tonight.
I fully support improving Pine Creek Park Playground and I am not asking the township to halt the project.
I am asking the Township to preserve Cayden’s Corner as part of that project, consistent with the commitment the Township made in writing when the project was donated, approved, and dedicated to the memory of my son.
If there are accessibility improvements that need to be made, I have repeatedly asked to be included in those discussions and would welcome the opportunity to work collaboratively toward solutions that improve accessibility while preserving the memorial.
But I am asking that every effort be made to preserve the memorial that already exists before deciding that it must be removed or relocated, particularly when it was created through significant personal effort, community support, and Township partnership.
I am also deeply concerned by discussions regarding the potential removal of the Cayden’s Corner memorial sign and designation. For my family, the name, sign, and dedication are an important part of the memorial. After everything that went into creating Cayden’s Corner in the aftermath of our son’s passing, the possibility of removing that dedication feels deeply hurtful and difficult to understand.
The name, sign, and dedication are an important part of the memorial and should not be discarded.
Before any final decisions are made, I respectfully ask the Board to consider what Cayden’s Corner means to my family, the circumstances under which it was created, and whether there is a path to improve the playground while preserving the memorial that already exists.
When most people look at Cayden’s Corner, they see a sandbox. When they hear out story they begin to see what my family sees.
We see a memorial built for a little boy whou never had a chance to play there.
We see a place where our two living children can play along side their brother in spirit, and where community children can play in Caydens Memory.
And I see something I built for my son.
Thank you for your time.

Ryan also sits on the board of an amazing organization called “A Haven“. It is a child and family grief center.

I am asking people to contact West Pikeland Township ASAP and demand Cayden’s Corner and Cayden’s memory as dedicated there be maintained.

Oh and not for nothing, Ryan shelled a lot of personal funds and sweat equity into this to make it happen.

As per West Pikeland’s lame website this is the current manager:

TOWNSHIP MANAGER

Joan Blatcher

610-590-5300

manager@westpikeland.com

Here are the supervisors whom should ALL know better and whom should be considerate about this:

Chair

Thomas J. McLewee Jr.

tmclewee@westpikeland.com

Term Expires: 1/2/2030

Vice Chair

Noreen Vigilante

nvigilante@westpikeland.com

Term Expires: 1/2/2030

Supervisor

Steven F. Costa

scosta@westpikeland.com

Term Expires: 1/2/2028

Supervisor

Harold M. Hallman III

hhallman@westpikeland.com

Term Expires: 1/5/2032

Supervisor

Bryan Maher

bmaher@westpikeland.com

Term Expires: 1/5/2032

which sweet little lies do you prefer on wednesday, august 19 in east whiteland?

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Decisions, decisions. Which little lies are better to listen to? I think East Whiteland Supervisors meeting is the correct choice at 6:30 PM on Wednesday August 19th, 2026.

East Whiteland in my opinion is doing the pat the residents on their heads and give them a lollypop and tell them there is nothing to see here.

Every meeting has something to see, and as long as data centers are on the township menu EVERY meeting is an opportunity to be heard (politely even if some township supervisors are not.)

The residents of General Warren Village know this all too well and if you notice they show up still for most meetings to tell the township how they feel about Bishop Tube.

Last week the township released a data center word salad. The best comment I saw on social media said:

Their “word salad” will give you Cyclospora.

The reality is EVERY meeting has to legally allow public comment. People can do it virtually or in person. If the township wants to play kick the can with the data center issue just like they do with Bishop Tube, that is on them but legally they still have to provide time for public comment and allow it. So show up Wednesday and bring a friend. BE POLITE.

East Whiteland Township Data Center Update 8.14.26Download

And in other burning East Whiteland news apparently Ginny Kerslake and I are hot topics at the Great Valley Democrat zone meetings held at East Whiteland Township in the township building. I am in good company with Ginny, yes? I am but one woman as is Ginny so do you have questions for us or something Supervisor Peter Fixler?

I am allowed my First Amendment Rights which includes my literal disdain for him in particular as a politician and supervisor and the fact that I have not liked the whole data center of it all since BEFORE Scott was in office (as in Sue Drummond and Bill Holmes were still in office.) This dates back to 2018. My opinion still remains that residents were being sold out for a sewer line. (see minutes https://www.eastwhiteland.org/Documents/Agenda%20And%20Minutes/Board%20of%20Supervisors/2018/Minutes/_01102018-220.pdf?t=202506231100590 )

East Whiteland at that time kind of said that Foote Mineral as a site was all better but was it even then?

This politician doesn’t have to like me as I don’t care for him either, but for me to be a topic for discussion at Democrat Zone Meetings like I am public enemy number one and so is Ginny Kerslake? Really? Your zone meetings are held in the township building and not all of your residents are Democrats, so I hope the Democrats are contributing to the costs of having the meetings there after hours?

Residents are not the enemy, Supervisor Peter Fixler. We live here. We have a right to our opinions even if you don’t agree as an elected official that the majority of us are concerned about another truly bad plan for East Whiteland Township.


We don’t want to be Flint, Michigan. We don’t want to be various points in Ohio and Michigan or Louden County, Virginia (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ETD2hnt48M and https://loudounclimate.org/data-centers/).

Or points in Texas (https://www.lincolninst.edu/publications/land-lines-magazine/articles/land-water-impacts-data-centers/), or Morgan and Newton counties in Georgia. (https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/08/georgia-data-centers-water-00909988…)

I haven’t drunk any Kool aid as has been previously alluded to. I have not liked this concept since jump.

If Fixler is a politician with a pro-environmental bent, he should act like it. But cut the middle school lunch table nonsense of serving up residents at political meetings. His political problems are self created on this topic. Neither I nor Ginny nor anyone else created them.

(In case you were wondering why East Whiteland needs more and better representation as in 2 more supervisors look no further that this guy IMHO.)

Thanks for stopping by!

maybe it’s time for east whiteland democrat bill holmes to sit down and shut up?

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Bill Holmes was handing out this flyer to East Whiteland residents 7/29/26

What is the WORST thing a politician desperately seeking continued political relevance can do? Do we want to start with being a misogynistic asshat?

The opening screen shot is a flyer that former East Whiteland Supervisor Bill Holmes was handing out on July 29th, 2026. It was at the Battle of the Clouds Park at the petition signing – 7 PM is what residents who shared this flyer told me and guess what? I believe them for the simple reason that this was when some of them realized how dirty East Whiteland politics was.

So Billy Bully who still wants people to “Get On Board With Bill” doesn’t realize is that Ginny supported East Whiteland residents to get a question on the ballot about increasing the number of supervisors from 3 to 5, but this was initiated by East Whiteland residents. She did not originate the idea, and even if she had, why is it a bad idea? Because Bill Holmes doesn’t like it? Waaaaahhhh!

Point of fact is I also brought this up a few years ago and was told by a supervisor to drop it or they would stand a chance of losing control of the board. I didn’t pursue it then and NOT because of what I was told, but because residents were not into the idea back then.

This topic also was discussed by people when Holmes was actually still on the board. But no one wanted to act on it then at that point in time either.

The whole thing is about representation. Current bad situations like data center plans and other issues have made people think that 3 supervisors is simply not enough representation given how the township has grown. This is any resident’s right to ask for this under the second class township code of the Commonwealth of PA and it IS that simple. Easttown has 5 supervisors, for example. So does Charlestown. So does East Goshen. So does West Goshen. And those are the municipalities that I remember off of the top of my head.

Tredyffrin acts like they are a second class township with a board of 7 but it became a rather messy Home Rule Charter in 1976 and that is a story that needs telling. But that is another day, and not my story. Suffice it to say it’s rather surprising that the media has not picked up on that.

This isn’t something that the status quo in East Whiteland politics wants. They say they can’t get people to run, but the truth of the matter is they can’t get people to run the way they are recruiting them and isn’t that correct? As a matter of fact, it’s not just unique to East Whiteland. It’s countywide. Part of it has to do with the bizarro world of endorsement events for the primary.

The way a primary is supposed to work is water seeks it’s own level, and the people decide who they want as their candidates. Only they totally engineer it and it backfires.

Now back to Bill Holmes. After he and Jerry the diseased Pyne tree were being rather aggressive with residents on that evening where they handed out the assholes delight flyer making crap up about Ginny Kerslake etc we had the next thing: being nasty and a bully to a female resident and small business owner yes?

Well yes, sadly that happened too.

Daddy knows best or daddy will take your Barbies away doesn’t work with grown women not in the Bill cult but umm really Bill? Are we all supposed to be pregnant barefoot and in the kitchen too? Silent unless spoken to, Stepford Wifey in every way?

And then there is that Jerry Pyne email about data centers, right?

Why are they behaving so desperately anyway? What is in it for these particular Democrats? What do they lose if East Whiteland gets 2 more supervisors? What do they lose if a data center doesn’t happen?

Do we see a pattern about what happens if women in particular don’t get on the Papa DOES Preach train of do as you’re told politics? And the favorite targets seem to be women including me at times? Doesn’t that make Democrat politicians like Bill Holmes truly no better than dare I say it, Trump? You know that man that all male Democrat politicians will tell you that they don’t want to be like?

Yet here we are, right?

So Bill Holmes (and Jerry Pyne) and whomever else is on this trash women train? Thug politics never works no matter what side of the aisle. And Bill, we see you. So knock it off.

And East Whiteland residents should also remember who brought Bill Holmes to the supervisors’ table yes? Was it not Michele Vaughn?

Look it’s a petty vicious political circle all the way around in Chester County and neither major political party is innocent. It’s time for this crap to end.

And circling back to East Whiteland for a moment. Who stands to lose what specifically if East Whiteland adds two more supervisors? Who stands to lose what specifically if residents keep fighting the data center and other plans?

Who what where when? And will Bill Holmes ever behave like a gentleman?

Toodles for now.

gosh this is illuminating isn’t it?
and the (political) bullies roll into east whiteland township…oh wait they live here in some cases, don’t they?

wednesday august 19th: data centers on the menu in east whiteland.

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Show up, bring a friend.


Data centers are on the menu, although no agenda or zoom link is out yet. If anything changes this blog will let you know as soon as I know.

It’s an oldie, but goodie that meetings that are crucially important are often held around major holiday times or the dead of summer.

If you are in a neighboring municipality, encourage your elected officials to send representation because this will affect you. This data center is not going to be in a bubble and won’t just affect East Whiteland residents.

East Whiteland Township is located at 209 Conestoga Road, Malvern PA 19355.

https://www.eastwhiteland.org/

#PackTheHouse

#NODATACENTERS

the rotting along 30

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East Whiteland has three locations along Route 30 that look like hell in particular. We won’t even get into all of the residential rental properties on either side of the WaWa at Planebrook Road. But one was of interest. This one place I found a live listing on and who knew it has some sort of retail bank plans going on?

Now to the 3 properties I wonder about the most. Only one has approved plans.

First is the boat sales place once known as Clews & Strawbridge. It’s really posted for sale again with a big old sign and the 18th century farmhouse? Might as well have a giant blaring neon sign that says “demolition by neglect”.

This site was once proposed for a zoning change to create residential. It was turned down and I seem to recall why do any of you?

Next up is what is known as the Importer or Hibbard Barn. It’s been a sight of great debate for a couple of decades, I think? At this point, there are already approved development plans there, apartments, of course, with maybe something else?

Among the debate in recent times for the lot was a pair of sycamore trees, and I think one gets saved?

Not sure how the barn is being used. I don’t remember because it’s been too long. Will they restore the barn and it will be part of the development? Or will they dismantle the barn because it’s too far gone and use the stone as part of the development? I seem to think that they’re trying to save the barn which is good because it’s a really cool looking barn.

Finally there is the site that was the retro car wash and laundromat (“Speedi King”). Now the laundromat is something which would still have use because there aren’t many around right? The car wash? Tons of them around. Also is this a site that requires any ground remediation because of the businesses that were once there?

This has been sitting vacant for so long and don’t the owners have any pride in ownership? There have been lots of times of seriously dumped garbage over the years hasn’t there been? What’s going on now there? It’s kind of cleaned up but one of the car wash bays looks like it’s got a mattress and stuff in it?

Now the township can’t control the property owners but wouldn’t it be nice to know what was going on? The site looks like crap.

These spots of ugliness exist all over. Not just in East Whiteland. It’s amazing how the zeal for development drives the visual landscape of our communities.

Don’t we deserve better? Shouldn’t some of these properties that contain historic structures matter more?

Ask your elected officials.