So….Whole Foods? Exton? When?
(Note a friend drove by this morning at around 11:00 a.m. and there weren’t any cars…or trucks…or anyone..or anything.)
Local speculation is this project is in trouble? So if no Whole Foods, Trader Joes or Mom’s Organic Market anyone???
Anyone have updates? It seems kind of deserted…beautiful new building and….no signs of life.
In the rain on Route 100 Exton, West Whiteland about ten minutes ago. Your eyes do not deceive you: rear falling off and no license plates.
Just yikes.
One of my readers is trying to find information out on this old farm that used to be in her husband’s family. It was his grandfathers farm. His family later sold the property to Church Farms School and it is believed that it was used for dormitory and other uses.
It was on Swedesford Road. I do not know if pieces of it still exist or not. If you have any information please leave it in the comments.
These photos were taken in the 1950s. The farm was somewhere near the intersection of Ship Road and Swedesford
Thanks!
I have said (and written previously) that ever since I came to Chester County I have loved this house alone in its own meadow and field on Ship Road in Exton. So I put a photo I took up on the Chester County Ramblings Facebook page and a friend of mine told me it was a house on the National Register of Historic Places, the Benjamin Jacobs House .
Anyway, the Benjamin Jacobs House has been part of the Church Farms School land parcels. It was even mentioned in the Downingtown Area Historical Society Newsletter of April 3, 2014 . That house and the family from which it gets its name are steeped in Chester County history.
So today I got a new Twitter follower request and much to my delight it is the new owner of the Benjamin Jacobs house! And the house is being restored!!!
The owner, Sarah Toms, is chronicling the restoration in a blog. Personally, old house nut that I am, I am very excited about this! This is, after all something amazing in today’s age: someone actually wants to restore a truly amazing house like this! I can’t wait to read along with everyone else as the work progresses!
Here is her inaugural post:
Benjamin Jacobs House: Why Exton?
I’ve lived in Pennsylvania’s Chester and Montgomery counties since the mid 1990’s, and to be honest, the Exton area never spoke to me. For one, there’s no quaint town center like so many boroughs in this area to draw you in and make you want to explore the shops and neighborhoods. The busy routes 100 and 30, which transect Exton, are uninspired corridors of stop and go traffic lined with same-same chain stores and restaurants. It really could be Anywhere, USA. So when my husband Ben and I started looking for a home close to a train station and near our children’s charter school, we reluctantly decided to take a second look at this area.
The Benjamin Jacobs House was the first home for sale that we looked at online and based on the pictures and description, it seemed to be exactly what we were looking for. Large enough for our big family and situated in a peaceful park setting, Ben and I were excited to see it in person. We also liked that this home has a really interesting past that is connected to the founding of our country (Benjamin Jacobs’ father, John Jacobs, was Speaker of the House when the Constitution was signed, and Benjamin not only helped to fund the Revolutionary War but was also a signer of Continental Currency – stay tuned for more history!).
Our first viewing was in March, 2014 and I have to say my first impression as I pulled in and parked in the home’s parking lot (yes, it has a 15 car parking lot) was Addams Family, here I come! Half of the front porch had fallen down and was lying next to the house, all the exterior paint was flaking off, and there are no shrubs or gardens, so the huge white structure felt stark and at odds with its setting. The house sits a little way back from Ship Road, but given the unwritten rule that everyone must exceed the speed limit by at least 20 mph, I didn’t feel too keen about living on this busy road. When I looked to Ben to gauge his first impressions, I was amazed to see my beloved beaming from ear to ear. My English husband had finally found his country estate, and where I saw years of renovations ahead of us, he saw vast potential in this dilapidated gem. Our realtor Terry, who with his wife Lois, has helped us to sell and buy previous homes, let out a chuckle – he seemed to already know that this place would be right up the alley of his quirky clients.
Ok who else goes by these little cottages on Route 30 in either Frazer or Exton and wonders about these places?
So…who knows who owns them now, and who knows their story from back in the day?
Ever since I came to Chester County I have loved this house alone in its own meadow and field on Ship Road in Exton. So I decided to put a photo I took recently up on the Chester County Ramblings Facebook page and a friend of mine told me it was a house on the National Register of Historic Places. It is the Benjamin Jacobs House .
I had noticed it has had a realtor sign outside and I thought was being listed by those folks formerly known as Prudential and now Berkshire Hathaway (their new signs are supposed to stand out as per their ads but I find the color scheme makes them not particularly remarkable).
The area in which the house sits is one that contains a lot of land being cherry picked for development (has been that way for decades at this point) …or if you go down Swedesford there I think it is you see a row of cute little houses abandoned by time and man and getting more vine-covered by the year. I believe this parcel is listed by some commercial firm and well people have to make a living and feed their family, but still, I somewhat disappointed to find familiar names on commercial real estate signs for parcels of land that will kill more open space in Chester County, but that is the reaction I tend to have when I see beautiful land being opened up for development like this. Every time I go by this stretch of houses as a passenger in a car I don’t have a camera with me.
Seriously? Go check out this PECO link to available land in Chester County. It is a sobering list of available land parcels and isn’t all of Chester County out there for sale. (Again see PECO Land Database Chester County )
Anyway, the Benjamin Jacobs House has been part of the Church Farms School land parcels. It was even mentioned in the Downingtown Area Historical Society Newsletter of April 3, 2014 . That house and the family from which it gets its name are steeped in Chester County history.
The Benjamin Jacobs House was built around 1790. Here is the description off of Zillow which feeds I am sure from listings like the one on Realtor.com :
The Benjamin Jacobs House circa 1790 posted on the National Register of Historic Places for its unique architectural details. Surrounded by Chester County Park grounds the 2.6 acre setting is truly beautiful with 100+ year old trees and views of the Great Valley. This wonderful estate offers many potential uses as permitted by the zoning code including; Guesthouse, Inn, Cultural Studio, Eating/Drinking
Establishment, Professional Office and many more. Though in need of renovation the solid stonestructure presents; a dramatic front to back foyer, two large formal rooms with marble fireplaces, a
step down family room with an angular bay seating area, spacious kitchen, study and a main level laundry room. The upper floors include 2 bedrooms with fireplaces plus 3-5 additional bedrooms and 2 baths. Other important features include covered porches, arched windows, two staircases, deep window sills,
hardwood flooring, period trim and many historic details throughout. Come see this awesome piece of history and appreciate all of its potential. Call today for your personal appointment
Read more on REALTOR.com: 375 N Ship Rd, Exton, PA 19341 – Home For Sale and Real Estate Listing – realtor.com®
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It is all those “wonderful” zoning possibilities that makes me worry. Just because something is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (Circa 1984 see Benjamin Jacobs House West Whiteland ) , it doesn’t make it bulletproof. Take for example another listing close by belonging to same realty office I think.
613 E Swedesford Road Exton, PA 19341 (Once known as the Fox Chase Inn and put on the National Register of Historic Places also in 1984.) The photo I will use of the front is a Wikipedia Commons File. I have one of it somewhere in photos I took but can’t lay my hands on it right now.
This house is not faring as well as the Benjamin Jacobs House. As are evidenced in the interior photos this realtor has on this listing (and here is the description):
Fox Chase Inn, listed on the National Historic Register, Circa 1765, the first true licensed Tavern in West Whiteland Township. This wonderful piece of history offers many possible uses including; Cultural studio, Guesthouse, Inn, Eating/Drinking establishment, Professional business offices, Home office and many other permissible opportunities. The sale includes a historic circa 1823 stone barn 74′ x 44′ plus a large 72′ x33′ addition. Offering 2500+ sf. the Inn includes; a welcoming front porch, a historic full wall cooking fireplace, deep stone window sills as
well as period trim and details. Ready for renovation this prime 2.6 acre location offers high exposure on Swedesford Road that is surrounded by acres of dedicated park grounds and open space. This property is being sold As is Please do not walk the site without an appointment
Read more on REALTOR.com: 613 E Swedesford Rd, Exton, PA 19341 – Home For Sale and Real Estate Listing – realtor.com®
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The problems with these listings is my preservationists heart is reading a sub-text. Maybe the sub-text isn’t there but what I feel is that people wouldn’t blink if these buildings weren’t there, or if their interiors were to become truly modern commercial without the proper nods to restoration and preservation of the periods in which they were constructed.
Now the Benjamin Jacobs House was a bit of a regional media sensation circa 1988 to 1990. This was when Willard Rouse was battling to develop adjacent land. The articles are from the Philadelphia Inquirer which at that time had a fabulous Chester County Bureau. Of course, that no longer exists today in the eviscerated version of a once great paper and it is out loss because there is so much not being told out here in Chester County because no newspaper has enough staff.
Here are excerpts:
(Article #1 Inquirer March 1988 )
Over 195 years, the Benjamin Jacobs House on Ship Road has been home to a judge, to farm families and to boarding students from the Church Farm School, which used the house as a dormitory.
The house would take on still another identity under plans by Rouse & Associates, which has proposed restoring the structure for use as project headquarters during the development of 1,325 acres adjacent to the Church Farm School….The first inhabitant of the house, built in 1793, was Benjamin Jacobs, a surveyor and lawyer who was an associate judge of the Court of Common Pleas in Chester County in the latter part of the 18th century.
(Article # 2 Inquirer March 1990 )
Posted: May 10, 1990
I seem to remember from somewhere that this was a development battle that got really, really ugly. I think simple economics of the times also played a big role. But this battle for land out here was big enough that it was mentioned in obituaries too. Even Mr. Rouse’s.
I was much younger when this battle was playing out in Chester County. So I do not really know the outcome of the land battle and who in the end now owns the Benjamin Jacobs House. What I do know in spite of what this battle did dividing people and communities, is that you would be better off with someone like Willard Rouse in your community versus a lot of other developers who are still gobbling up chunks and chunks of Chester County with zero attempts at historic preservation. Today it is your basic rape and pillage of beautiful land.
So when I am told a really fascinating old house is “under contract” I hope for the best. After all both the Benjamin Jacobs House and the Fox Chase Inn play a vital part in local history.
Here’s hoping they stand a better chance than Loch Aerie and Linden Hall which are both sitting like ghosts of their former selves on Route 30 in Frazer. At least Loch Aerie has a caretaker living there, Linden Hall is just rotting and although I can’t say for sure, from the photos I have taken it sure looks like the building envelope has been pierced by vines and such. And then there is the Ebenezer AME Church on Bacton Hill Road.
A lot of people don’t realize that Exton didn’t used to be one big development like the King of Prussia area. And I hope by pointing out gems like the Benjamin Jacobs House and the Fox Chase Inn, people wake up to that again.
I find a common recurring theme in my own writing: the preservation of Chester County before it’s too late. Pick a municipality, all seem to have something going on. I am not trying to deliberately pick on certain municipalities, but some of them talk about historic preservation and land preservation and that is it. I also hope that by writing about these preservation issues it will spur those who can afford to be really generous to become champions of the land once again.
I know that people everywhere are worried about large land parcels in Chester County, and the more rural they go, the less is known about what will happen. I had one person say to me recently about land I guess towards the northwest quadrant of the county where they said the land was the “perfect storm” for a developer: open farmland and glorious woods and no wetlands to speak of.
Can we save every old house and every old farm? I wish, but the realist in me says no. It is just so darn concerning that a county known for agriculture and beauty just seems to be growing piles of Lego-like structures wrapped in Tyvec without a thought as to our future.
The moral of this long-winded fable is simple: wherever you are in the county, please support land and historic preservation efforts. They are so crucial.
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Someone must be protesting something being built at Immaculata.
I hope it doesn’t have to do with the Camilla Hall project as that is the place where there is the Convent Home and Healthcare Center of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Translation, this is like a nursing home and medical center. They take care of their own and that is an amazingly good thing.
I think these sisters do a lot for the community at large and I was left feeling very uncomfortable that someone was seemingly protesting them or someone working for them along King Road.
I do not object to unions, I don’t want anyone to think that, but I just don’t think people should be unkind to the sisters.
So please, whoever this is, if you have a beef with a non-union company doing work for the nuns, take your protest to them wherever their business is actually located, and leave the sisters be.
The sisters are good to our community. And trust me, it is also rare that an academic institution is also good to the community. I used to live near a couple which weren’t and trust me, if they were the ones being protested I would not have said a word.
On June 21st, 2013 business writer for the Philadelphia Business Journal Natalie Kosteini announced in an article titled Developer buys prime piece of Main Line real estate that Malvern killer developer Eli Kahn has gobbled up and bought the Devon property once home to Waterloo Gardens. Kahn is salivating over the property as per the article :
“How often does six acres on the Main Line on Route 30 across from a train station come up for sale?” Kahn said.
Kahn initially thought a multifamily project with some retail space would work for the site and be similar to a project Kahn is developing with Cornerstone Communities in Malvern, Pa., but those plans might change.
“It’s a phenomenal piece of real estate, and I didn’t anticipate the tremendous amount of interest from retailers,” he said. “I’m working on several different scenarios. Some with a multifamily component and some without.”
Kahn is hopeful he will have a concept to present to the township and neighborhood sometime this summer.
(For what it is worth if i lived next to Waterloo Gardens I would be contemplating a relocation as you know this will undoubtedly end up a cram plan next in an already congested area, right?)
So anyway, after Waterloo did the dance in Devon where they were fine and everything was simply marvelous until they closed Devon and moved all operations to Exton.
Waterloo customer card:A piece of local history and trivia after this coming August
Waterloo Gardens also filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection about a year ago now – July 2012 according to Bob Byrne of TE Patch. And it wasn’t merely the decline in the construction business that killed Waterloo like Roberts LeBoutillier CFO said. Their poor business planning following the takeover of the business by the current generation of family did it in my opinion. Dumb things like an expansion to Delaware that never worked out, for example. Insane price points in their stores would be another thing along with what appeared to have been changes to their core business. When some of their long term staff started going elsewhere you also didn’t have access to the same level of gardening advice you once had that when I was growing up that always seemed like it was a core principle you knew all was not peachy keen. Until about seven years ago I could wander into Waterloo and spend hours checking out plants. At that point in time, even if I did not buy something because they were always expensive , I always came away with future ideas for my garden.
It was a little too rose colored glasses when Waterloo Gardens told Today’s Garden Center at the end of July 2012 that they expected to emerge from bankruptcy in late 2012 and 2013.
The nursery and garden center business is not for the faint of heart. It is a brutal business and very seasonable. Once upon a time years ago I took a career segue and because of my love of gardening and skill level with gardening I decided to try working for a nursery. I worked for the then Bryn Mawr Feed & Seed which was located by that point on Montrose Avenue in Rosemont (it used to have a location I believe somewhere around Malvern when the brothers were alive). Anyway by that point both brothers who originally ran this business were deceased and one of the widows ran the store.
That was the job where I learned that the fictional character Simon LeGree had nothing on that small business owner. Seriously it was awful and there we all were among all those beautiful plants. I recall many things including being sent to the warehouse when single men came into the shop because the owner felt the younger daughter needed to shine at that point – it was so suburban Cinderella’s stepmother it was funny. However, I did learn with that experience that I did have serious gardening chops and for years after I left my great nursery job experiment I did garden consultations – in particular on roses and container gardening and window boxes. But no joke, I learned first hand how tough the nursery business is. The business there in the end was not sustainable, and the business shuttered and Smith & Hawkin rented and majorly renovated the space. Smith & Hawkin lived in that location happily until that corporate tumble occurred. (I lovvvveeeed Smith & Hawkin)
So anyway for months people have been watching Waterloo and their remaining Exton location and then about three weeks ago or so many of us started hearing closing rumors again.
I confirmed it personally myself when I called the Exton location on North Whitford Road THIS MORNING and asked how much longer they would be open. I was told that as far as employees knew they would be open through August 31st and a “going out of business” sale would start on Friday July 5th.
But you don’t see that information listed on their Facebook Page or website at this point. I know people, including other nursery owners, have gone to Waterloo this week to buy stuff but was told even office supply junk being sold off was being over-priced so I will be curious to see what the liquidators do. I wonder will they be paying people to stand on the highways around here in giant plant costumes waving going out of business signs?
The bummer about this is that the Exton location was always the jewel in the Waterloo crown I thought. That is where all the really awesome plants were.
Once upon a time Waterloo Gardens was something. Now unfortunately they are another local business folding. And that is a damn shame at the end of the day no matter what the root cause of business failure.
I will say that residents of Chester County are luckier than most because we have a LOT of wonderful nurseries. I highly recommend Woodlawn Garden Center & Nursery in Malvern, Somerset Nursery in Glenmoore (and Zionsville) and Del Vacchio Landscape & Garden Center in East Goshen.
Support your local nursery of choice. You will be glad you did and you will get better plants. Shop local!
Don’t judge a restaurant by its strip mall.
One of the things I have to get used to about Chester County are all the strip malls. Face it, pick a road, there are lots of them. One thing most people don’t think they will find in a strip mall is a fun place to eat. Usually strip malls have fast food or chain restaurants.
Our plans changed yesterday and we decided to go out to dinner. I wanted Mexican, but real Mexican, not the Taco Bell interpretation.
So I saw a place that got good reviews on both Urban Spoon and Exton Dish. In a strip mall. Called Buho’s. It is in the Fairfield Place Shopping Center – 484-872-8840 – 115 Swedesford Rd, Exton, PA 19341.
We had an amazing meal. I have not had Mexican so good since there was this little hole in the wall place years ago in the town of West Chester that was in a store front across the street from what was Gilmores. My friend Louise had introduced me to this place years ago (at least a dozen years ago), and since then, I had been looking for something as good.
Buho’s is terrific. It is a BYOB. Not fancy, but the murals on the walls are 
pretty cool. They are also part market, so you can buy some fun Latin American stuff if you so choose – and if you want a piñata for a birthday party, they have quite the selection.
Buho’s was incredibly clean – including the ladies’ room. According to Yelp, Buho’s used to be in Lambertville, NJ before Exton. If you check out the reviews on Yelp there is an annoying ad above the actual reviews.
Our waitress was so nice and knew her menu. She spent time with us helping us choose. We started with a Buho Mixto since it was our first time there – that was a sampling of a lot of things and could have been a meal in itself (we didn’t finish it) There is an extensive menu for dinner, including things like “Bistek a La Mexicana”. They also do lunch and I think breakfast. They have vegetarian options too. 
The food was not only more authentic than you find around here, but very fresh and flavorful. And not super greasy like the food a lot of chain Mexican places put out. And the portions are very generous, so keep that in mind when you order. We came home with lots of yummy leftovers.
They also have a catering/take-out menu.
I hope I am raving enough, because the food was indeed rave worthy and we will go back! I encourage others to try it too!
Again:
Buho’s- Fairfield Place Shopping Center – 484-872-8840 – 115 Swedesford Rd, Exton, PA 19341.
Buho means owl in Spanish, so there are lots of owls hanging out in the restaurant. But they aren’t scary creepy like all the clowns that used to be in Gillaine’s in Ardmore.
Waterloo Gardens , Exton PA 2008 (T.Bemis photo)
In March, I wrote a post called digging in the dirt. I mentioned then that Waterloo in Devon looked a little off. Someone from Waterloo left a comment after the post went live:
At Waterloo, we are gearing up for April weather – with a forecast of 20′s and 30′s at night, ther are just certain plant material that is not ready to ship. Planting during 70 degree weather is great but now we are back to reality with temps. in the 50″s and cold nights again. We aim to ensure planting success and receive material when it is timely. Thanks for the insight though. We really value your opinion and take comments quite seriously. Take care, Tracy Smith
It still kept looking not quite right every time I drove past the Devon store. I kept hearing stories from people around that they were in dire straits. Then in June came news they were indeed closing Devon.
Today comes the news they are filing for bankruptcy protection. You know, everyone is ballyboohoohooing this calling the Devon property “a landmark property” and sorry, that just makes my eyes roll. It is 6 1/2 acres or thereabouts, but it is not landmark anything. It is just commercial.
Patch is reporting rumors of a Terrain being built there, another nursing home (nursing homes along Route 30 in Chester County are the new nail salon, apparently), or a car dealership. They quoted Bobby LeBoutillier as he being the one to recount the rumors.
Look it is a major bummer to many that Waterloo is closing. However, they still have Exton and quite frankly people should take a drive to Malvern to check out a smaller, family owned nursery Woodlawn Landscaping and Nursery. Or Somerset Nursery in Glenmore. They have or can get anything a gardener would want and yeah I bet they can help you plant too.
Waterloo over-extended themselves. They should have just stuck to what they know and kept it in Devon and Exton. But they did not and they are paying the piper doubly bad due to the economy.
They told me today via Facebook that gift cards would be honored at the Exton store.
I have a friend from high school who owns a nursery in another state, her name is Tina Bemis. Here is what she had to say today:
I happen to own a garden center in another state, and know that are garden centers are struggling right now. We WANT to have the cool, different stuff, but as less and less people are real gardeners and more “plant decorators” it’s hard to carry cool stuff that just sits there, when the majority of people just want big flowers.
Also, we don’t WANT to be more expensive, but the big box stores often use our products to lure you into the store so they can then sell you other stuff.
You see those prices, and think we are expensive. But they NEVER carry the cool, unusual stuff that you seek, and we are keeping those plants watered every day for when you come in. And when you only choose to come in on the after Christmas sale, what are we supposed to do the rest of the year?
We MUST go for the plants with the biggest profit dollars (not necessarily margins). That’s what businesses do. They must, actually, or someone else will do it better, and they will go out of business. Believe me, most garden centers are just barely staying alive right now. There are so few of you real gardeners left, and our businesses got big with the baby boomer demographic.
As the older folks downsize, move to retirement homes, or pass on, the next generation is a) much smaller in numbers and 2) even further removed from the land. In order to justify our own existence, we must also downsize, and that is probably exactly what Waterloo did. I would love to carry only what I call “geek plants.” But they won’t put food on my table. I appreciate your thoughtful comments.
Mind you, Tina and her nursery in my opinion is probably more like a slightly larger Woodlawn Landscaping and Nursery in Malvern or like a Somerset Nursery. And I have known Tina since I was a teenager (we were Shipley Sprouts together only she was MUCH MUCH better!) so I know she has a care with her clients. Most of us ceased to get that care or feeling of caring in Devon years ago. I do find that however, at the two nurseries I have mentioned in this post.
People can still visit them in Exton, which truthfully has been the best of their stores for years. I stopped going to Devon years ago not only because of the prices, but because (as alluded to none too smoothly above) there existed in the Devon store an attitude that quite simply put, was not worth the money. Devon as someone said to me to day was a glorified gift shop. Certainly not the Waterloo of years ago.
So dry your eyes. You might have to drive a little farther out but you still have one Waterloo if you must Waterloo. And it is the best of the Waterloos, always has been. And if you are open to trying new things, it’s a big world out there with additional choices.
Waterloo Gardens has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection following plans to shut down its Devon location.
The garden center and Waterloo Landscaping, Inc. filed for Chapter 11 June 26.
“I think the Exton store, out of the two, has a much better layout,” said longtime President Bobby LeBoutiliier of the announcement. “There is more room for cars to park, more coverage space for annuals shopping, and if it’s time to consolidate, out of the two, this is the one we want.”
Management had originally planned to keep the Devon location open through the end of the year, and possibly into spring of 2013. The store is now scheduled to close July 15.
The garden center, which celebrated its 70th anniversary in April, opened two new locations in 2007 – one in Wilmington, Del. And one in Warminster, Pa. The Warminster location closed in 2008. The Wilmington location closed in December of 2011.
Waterloo Gardens, Inc. on busbk.com says they filed June 26th. Here is some other info:
Debtor
Waterloo Gardens, Inc. 200 N. Whitford Road Exton, PA 19341-2099 CHESTER-PA Tax ID / EIN: 23-1911696
Represented By
ALBERT A. CIARDI, III Ciardi Ciardi & Astin, P.C. One Commerce Square 2005 Market Street Suite 1930 Philadelphia, PA 19103 (215) 557-3550 Fax : 215-557-3551 Email: aciardi@ciardilaw.com
JENNIFER E. CRANSTON Ciardi Ciardi & Astin, P.C. One Commerce Square 2005 Market Street, Suite 1930 Philadelphia, PA 19103 215 557 3550 Email: jcranston@ciardilaw.com
U.S. Trustee
United States Trustee Office of the U.S. Trustee
833 Chestnut Street Suite 500 Philadelphia, PA 19107
(215) 597-4411
Docket
Jun 26 #1 Chapter 11 Voluntary Petition. Fee Amount $1046 Filed by Waterloo Gardens, Inc.. Government Proof of Claim Deadline: 12/23/2012. Statement of Corporate Ownership due 07/10/2012. Corporate Resolution due 07/10/2012. Matrix List of Creditors due 07/3/2012. (CIARDI, ALBERT) (Entered: 06/26/2012) Jun 26 Receipt of Voluntary Petition (Chapter 11)(12-16080) [misc,volp11a] (1046.00) Filing Fee. Receipt number 12089552. Fee Amount $1046.00. (U.S. Treasury) (Entered: 06/26/2012) Jun 26 #2 Corporate Resolution Filed by JENNIFER E. CRANSTON on behalf of Waterloo Gardens, Inc.. (CRANSTON, JENNIFER) (Entered: 06/26/2012) Jun 26 #3 20 Largest Unsecured Creditors Filed by JENNIFER E. CRANSTON on behalf of Waterloo Gardens, Inc.. (CRANSTON, JENNIFER) (Entered: 06/26/2012) Jun 26 #4 Matrix Filed. Number of pages filed: 2, Filed by JENNIFER E. CRANSTON on behalf of Waterloo Gardens, Inc.. (CRANSTON, JENNIFER) (Entered: 06/26/2012) Jun 26 #5 Document in re: Verification of Creditor Matrix Filed by JENNIFER E. CRANSTON on behalf of Waterloo Gardens, Inc. (related document(s) 4 ). (CRANSTON, JENNIFER) (Entered: 06/26/2012) Jun 26 #6 Document in re: Statement of Parties with Interest in Cash Collateral Filed by ALBERT A. CIARDI III on behalf of Waterloo Gardens, Inc.. (CIARDI, ALBERT) (Entered: 06/26/2012) Jun 26 #7 Expedited Motion to Use Cash Collateral Motion of the Debtor and Debtor-in-Possession for Order Pursuant to 11 U.S.C. §363 to (I) use Cash Collateral and Provide Adequate Protection to Parties with Interest in Cash Collateral, (II) Pay Prepetition Wages and requests (III) an Expedited Hearing, Reduced Notice Period and Limited Notice Pursuant to Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 9006(c)(1) And E.D. Pa. L.B.R. 5070(f) Filed by Waterloo Gardens, Inc. Represented by ALBERT A. CIARDI III(Counsel). (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A# 2 Proposed Order (Expedited)) (CIARDI, ALBERT) (Entered: 06/26/2012) Jun 26 #8 Application to Employ Ciardi Ciardi & Astin as Counsel to the Debtor Filed by Waterloo Gardens, Inc. Represented by ALBERT A. CIARDI III(Counsel). (Attachments: # 1 Declaration# 2 Proposed Order # 3 Service List # 4 Notice) (CIARDI, ALBERT) (Entered: 06/26/2012) Jun 26 #9 Amended Document Amended Declaration in Support of Debtor’s Application to Employ Ciardi Ciardi & Astin Filed by ALBERT A. CIARDI III on behalf of Waterloo Gardens, Inc. (related document(s)8). (CIARDI, ALBERT) (Entered: 06/26/2012)
