Delco Council to Meet in Newtown Wednesday

Delaware County Council will head to Newtown Township for a public meeting at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 1, at the township building, 209 Bishop Hollow Road, Newtown Square, according to a press release from the county.

Chairman Tom McGarrigle announced that Council will meet in Newtown as part of ongoing efforts to enhance communication with residents by taking their meetings out into the community.

“It is our hope that these evening meetings will encourage the residents of Newtown and surrounding communities to become more involved with local government and in turn, help us to communicate more directly with our residents,” said McGarrigle. “Newtown is a wonderful example of a Delaware County community where you have mom-and-pop businesses as well as cutting-edge international corporations. It’s also clear that they know how to play baseball in Newtown, which is home to not one, but two championship Babe Ruth teams.”

Newtown Township was established in 1681 and incorporated as a township in 1684 with a land area of 10.11 square miles. Newtown calls itself a “five-star suburban community” that boasts five excellent qualities of “inviting neighborhoods, geographic crossroads, woodlands, trails and open spaces, business friendly atmosphere and a vibrant history.”

County Council will conduct its regular business meeting in Newtown, plus invite input from local residents during the public comment portion of the meeting. There will be no daytime meeting of County Council on Oct. 1 at the Government Center in Media.

The Newtown meeting marks the 15th evening Council meeting held in various communities since Council launched the outreach effort with a meeting in Collingdale in February 2009. Since then, Council has held evening meetings in the City of Chester, Haverford, Concord, Brookhaven, Clifton Heights, Chadds Ford, Ridley Township, Upper Darby, Glenolden, Marple, Bethel, Springfield, Prospect Park and now Newtown Township.