{"id":6612,"date":"2014-07-09T09:57:04","date_gmt":"2014-07-09T13:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chescotimes.com\/?p=6612"},"modified":"2014-07-09T14:01:21","modified_gmt":"2014-07-09T18:01:21","slug":"borough-council-agenda-shows-kennett-square-is-thriving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/?p=6612","title":{"rendered":"Borough Council agenda shows Kennett Square is thriving"},"content":{"rendered":"

Municipal tax rate may be high, but Borough Manager says service quality makes it worth it<\/i><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

By Rick Marts, <\/b>Correspondent, The Times<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"KennettSquareBorough\"<\/a>KENNETT \u2014 While international and national news reports show the Mideast in dangerous disarray and our own borders being flooded with homeless refugee children from Latin America, the Borough of Kennett Square is moving forward at full speed with infrastructure improvements, celebrations of life, and planning for the future, as highlighted at this week’s Borough Council meeting.<\/p>\n

Mary Hutchins, Executive Director of Historic Kennett Square<\/i>\u2014the Borough\u2019s marketing and economic development arm\u2014led the good news by saying that several new businesses will soon open in town. These include a traditional gift boutique on State Street and a second boutique specializing on items from Columbia, South America.<\/p>\n

Hutchins also plugged two popular summer events: the Murder Mystery and Art Stroll scheduled for August 1 and the Brewfest later in the fall. See the complete schedule of events at www.historickennettsquare.com<\/b><\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\n

Richard Lyon of the Kennett Area Regional Park Authority told the Council that the third concert of this summer\u2019s free, every-Wednesday series at Anson B. Nixon Park will be held this Wednesday, July 9. He also said that some of Nixon Park\u2019s infrastructure need improvement soon, including its upstream dam and the deteriorating banks of the stream. To remediate the stream bed, KAPA is seeking a grant from the state\u2019s Growing Greener program.<\/p>\n

To improve traffic safety, the Council approved installing stop signs on Magnolia Street at South Garfield Street in both directions. And to continue filling administrative positions, the Council appointed Sue Holloway to the Architecture Review board and to the Borough\u2019s Planning Commission.<\/p>\n

The Council outdid itself this month in approving special events involving the community. It approved applications for<\/p>\n

\u2022 \u00a0National Night Out to occur August 5; this traditional \u201clights on\u201d campaign and symbolic front porch vigil has turned into a celebration across America with various events and activities including, but not limited to, block parties, cookouts, parades, exhibits, and safety demonstrations to heighten awareness and enhance community relations;<\/p>\n

\u2022 \u00a0Carter Community Development Corporation block party, (formerly \u201chistoric East Linden) to occur on August 23;<\/p>\n

\u2022 \u00a0Mushroom Festival Parade and Dining on September 5;<\/p>\n

\u2022 \u00a0Mushroom Festival, September 5-7;<\/p>\n

\u2022 \u00a0Homecoming parade on September 19 for Kennett High School, which will proceed north on Broad St. to Mulberry, then south on Union to return to the school; and<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0 A Google-sponsored youth camp requested by the Bayard Taylor Library to be held at 112 East State St.<\/p>\n

In his report, Council President Spencer noted that the meeting with New Garden Township to discuss the Borough\u2019s use of that township\u2019s firing range has been moved to August 4 at 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

During the public comment period, John Thomas of Broad Street brought to the Council\u2019s attention that \u201cwe have the second highest municipal tax rate in southern Chester County.\u201d He said, \u201cI would like to ask Council to think about ways we could save money.\u201d<\/p>\n

In response to Thomas\u2019s comments, Borough Manager Kucera noted that \u201cOur municipal tax rate enables us to offer the level and quality of services expected by this community. The results speak for themselves. Businesses are locating here, people want to move into and settle in Kennett Square and send their children to our schools, and people feel safe being protected by the only 24-hour-a-day, 365-days-a-year police force in Chester County.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Municipal tax rate may be high, but Borough Manager says service quality makes it worth it By Rick Marts, Correspondent, The Times KENNETT \u2014 While international and national news reports show the Mideast in dangerous disarray and our own borders being flooded with homeless refugee children from Latin America, the Borough of Kennett Square is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6611,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,7],"tags":[969,793,4143,365],"class_list":["post-6612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-featured","tag-borough-council","tag-historic-kennett-square","tag-kennett-area-regional-park-authority","tag-kennett-square"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6612\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}