Rev. Kevin Porter Featured on Newsworks
Posted by Admin on 30 Jun 2011.
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An alternative plan for Chelten Plaza
The Germantown Community Connection (GCC) seems to have found itself in the midst of a crisis as it deliberates its position regarding the proposed Chelten Plaza development on the former Fresh Grocer site at Chelten and Pulaski. I’ve been told the word for “crisis” in a particular dialect of Chinese is the combination of the words meaning “danger” and “opportunity.” Although I don’t know if this is true linguistically, I believe it is an accurate description of GCC’s situation.
How GCC got involved
When it was learned the Fresh Grocer would be closing and developer Pat Burns intended to bring the Sav-a-Lot (currently on Wayne Ave.) to Chelten Plaza along with a Dollar Tree, GCC was instrumental in engaging the developer and his partners to voice the opposition of a segment of the community to the proposal.
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