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About Us
Our Story
Our Mission
Our Story
An incorporated nonprofit organization (EIN #39‑5058583) representing more than 1,100 homeowners, we are committed to protecting the character, safety, and long-term well-being of our community through thoughtful advocacy, informed engagement, and responsible planning.
We do not oppose growth; rather, we advocate for development that is
An incorporated nonprofit organization (EIN #39‑5058583) representing more than 1,100 homeowners, we are committed to protecting the character, safety, and long-term well-being of our community through thoughtful advocacy, informed engagement, and responsible planning.
We do not oppose growth; rather, we advocate for development that is thoughtful, responsible, carefully planned, and proportionate to the capacity and character of our community.
The Issue
Our Mission
Our Story
A major developer, Retail Sites LLC, based in New Jersey, has proposed a 24-acre retail development at the corner of Ridge Road and Route 202.
This project threatens to permanently alter the rural character, safety, and natural beauty that make our community home.
It will bring increased traffic and congestion to already overburdened road
A major developer, Retail Sites LLC, based in New Jersey, has proposed a 24-acre retail development at the corner of Ridge Road and Route 202.
This project threatens to permanently alter the rural character, safety, and natural beauty that make our community home.
It will bring increased traffic and congestion to already overburdened roads, heighten the risk of flooding from stormwater runoff, threaten groundwater quality, and disrupt local wildlife habitats.
Our Mission
Our Mission
Our Mission
As planned, this commercial development will erode the quiet, scenic character that defines our community.
Our mission is to protect the safety, well-being, and quality of life of residents of Chadds Ford and Concord Township.
To date, this site has logged more than 18,200 visits - people who want to learn more about and support our work—and we’re just getting started!
We are Working Hard for Our Community
Legal Representation
Environmental Advocacy
Environmental Advocacy
We have ensured the community is not on the sidelines—but formally present and legally recognized in this process.
By securing Party Status in the Concord Township Zoning Hearing through counsel representing affected homeowners, we gained the right to present evidence, question witnesses, and respond on the record—placing community concerns on equal legal footing with the applicant.
We have consistently appeared at public meetings in Concord Township and Chadds Ford Township so decision-makers hear directly from residents who will live with the consequences.
We have also filed formal written objections with the Delaware County Planning Commission, the applicant, and both Townships, ensuring our concerns are preserved in the official record for accountability and any future review.
Together, these actions protect the community’s voice, its legal rights, and its future.
Environmental Advocacy
Environmental Advocacy
Environmental Advocacy
Victory: The developer has withdrawn the NPDES permit application placing this process on hold. Environmental damage, once approved and built, is often irreversible. Wetlands, mature woodlands, wildlife habitat, and natural drainage systems cannot simply be replaced once disturbed. That is why environmental reviews must rely on accurate, complete, site-specific data—not assumptions.
We have formally raised serious concerns with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and other permitting authorities regarding deficiencies in the applicant’s environmental submissions. These filings, as presented, may not fully or accurately reflect the true environmental conditions of the site.
We have requested that the review process be re-evaluated using corrected, site-specific information—particularly concerning wetlands and woodland resources that provide critical flood protection, water quality safeguards, habitat, and ecological stability for the broader community.
At its core, this is about preventing irreversible harm and ensuring environmental protections are properly applied before decisions are made that cannot be undone.
An Involved Community
Environmental Advocacy
An Involved Community
Our community effort now encompasses more than 20,000 people—proof that protecting a neighborhood is never the work of just one voice. Longtime residents, families, seniors, local workers, environmental stewards, and neighbors have come together with a shared purpose.
Over 18,200 visits to this site reflect a strong, growing demand for information and ways to get involved.
More than 1,100 residents have formally signed petitions and submitted letters, and several have taken the additional step of being represented by Save Ridge legal counsel at the Concord Township Zoning Hearings—demonstrating collective resolve, not just concern.
Beyond the numbers are thousands of coordinated actions: emails, calls, letters, meetings, and outreach to elected officials, the developer, potential tenants, and the media.
Together, these efforts reflect sustained, organized commitment from a community united in protecting the place we call home.
Community Advocacy
An Involved Community
Decisions that permanently affect a neighborhood should never happen without the people who live there fully informed and able to participate.
Through community information rallies and direct outreach—including flyers to the 250 residents closest to the proposed development—we are ensuring those most impacted understand what is proposed, when decisions are being made, and that they have rights in the process.
Visible support from homeowners and business owners—lawn signs, tee-shirts, and bumper stickers—demonstrates broad community engagement.
Public awareness drives participation, and participation is how communities protect themselves.
Media Attention
Public awareness is essential when decisions of this scale can permanently reshape a community. Zoning and land-use proceedings are complex, but their impacts on safety, the environment, and quality of life are lasting.
By engaging with local media, we have helped ensure this proposal—and the approval process behind it—remains transparent and understandable.
Published coverage has amplified resident concerns while explaining the technical process, empowering meaningful public participation.
Informed engagement is not optional. Transparency and accountability depend on a community that understands what is at stake and is prepared to speak up.
PennDOT Intervention
PennDOT intervention is critical because it ensures community concerns are formally recognized and legally considered.
By filing written objections and Petitions to Intervene regarding the proposed Highway Occupancy Permit and its deficient traffic study, we placed resident concerns directly into PennDOT’s official record—where they must be reviewed and addressed before any decision is made.
Several homeowners have already secured limited intervention status, giving them the right to receive notices, submit materials, and participate in the process. This guarantees transparency and prevents decisions from being made without public awareness.
These filings are not symbolic. They become part of PennDOT’s administrative record, meaning they must be reviewed, weighed, and addressed before any final determination is made.