Chester Moves Forward on Riverfront Redevelopment Plan
Chester City Council passed a resolution approving $120,000 in funding from a state grant for the Riverfront Alliance of Delaware County’s (RADC) waterfront development master plan. The funding will go towards partial payment for the development of the plan. Additional funding has come from RADC and CEDA, the Chester Redevelopment Authority, M&T Charitable Foundation, the City of Chester, Delaware County and the Philadelphia Union. The plan covers the area bounded by Route 291, the Delaware River, Highland Avenue and Norris Street, and is centered on Talen Energy Stadium — home of the Philadelphia Union — and the Wharf at Rivertown office building.
The funding is part of a $182,000 grant from the state Department of Economic and Community Development designed to shore up the city’s Act 47 exit strategy. Along with the master plan, it will also fund training for city finance employees and a feasibility study on possible fire department reductions. In addition to the area bounded by the RADC waterfront plan, city government is exploring development possibilities along the entirety of the waterfront as part of the exit strategy, according to the city’s chief financial officer, Nafis Nichols.
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