Sunday, January 27, 2013
W.B. Homes has requested a public hearing for a zoning change for a 12-acre parcel at Wambold and Mainland roads, adjacent to the former Mainland Inn
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Sunday, January 27
A 48-townhome development could be on the horizon in Towamencin Township. W.B. Homes has requested a public hearing for a zoning change of a 12-acre parcel on Wambold Road at Mainland Road, next to the former Mainland Inn, according to The Reporter Online. The parcel was created by the Route 309 Connector Project. The newspaper reports Towamencin Township Supervisors agreed to the hearing “through consensus” at its Jan. 23 meeting. The property would need to be changed from Light Industrial to Mixed Residential for the development to occur, according to the report. The 48 townhomes would be in 12 four-unit buildings, according to the article. The tract is owned by the Heck family, who has been unsuccessful in selling the property since …
Lansdale Amusement Co. in Hatfield provided 40 VSPhoenix state-of-the-art dartboards at the inaugural three-day Phoenix Cup $22,000 tournament Friday at Holiday Inn in Towamencin
The inaugural Phoenix Cup at the Holiday Inn in Towamencin was a bullseye. The event saw Lansdale Amusement Co. in Hatfield providing 40 state-of-the-art Korean-made VSPhoenix dartboards for the $22,000 dart tournament Friday at the Sumneytown Pike hotel, according to The Reporter Online. The newspaper reports the digital dart machines have remote-play capabilities — you can challenge someone in another country from your neighborhood bar via a special online card — and are complete with surround sound speakers and 26-inch HD monitors. The tournament is sponsored by Phoenix Darts Co. and world champion dart master John Kuczynski, of Zion Grove, PA. You can find VSPhoenix dartboards locally at bars like Third and Walnut Lounge; Hattricks and…
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
The nonprofit networking group of Towamencin Township businesses was formed in March 2012 to give a single voice for improvement of the township business environment
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Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Towamencin Township businesses now have a voice to improve their networking and commercial environment. For the past seven months, the nonprofit Towamencin Business Alliance has gathered more than 35 business representatives from within the borders of the township to come together in a proactive way to boost communication. It all started with Coffeehead proprietor and Towamencin Business Alliance Chairwoman Kim Diehl, who wanted something more from her time on the township's Economic Development Committee. "I was on the Economic Development Committee and everything I asked — 'How do you start a business in Towamencin?' 'How can we change the business environment?' — the answer was every time, 'You, the business, needs to.' There was no way…
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Towamencin Township supervisors discussed installing a welcome sign near the Lansdale Interchange of the Northeast Extension at an October meeting
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Tuesday, November 20, 2012
There are talks of installing a welcome sign in Towamencin near the Lansdale Interchange, according to reports. Bradley Schlegel of The Reporter wrote that the idea was discussed by supervisors at an Oct. 10 meeting. A design has not begun, and everything is in the planning stages, according to the article. Discussions come at a time when a 6-mile expansion of the Northeast Extension between Mid-County and Berks Road wraps up in 2014, according to the article. Then, work repeats for two more years, from Berks Road to Lansdale Interchange, in mid-2014. Read more at The Reporter Online. What do you think of a welcome sign in Kulpsville? Let us know in the comments!
Rachael Buckley
1:57 pm on Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Is this coming from the same group that gave us a (still) largely empty office building and a bridge to nowhere? Do they sit around trying to find more ways to waste taxpayers' money? more ›