Over 20,911 Site Visits - People Who Care About Our Community
Preserve the Beauty. Stop the Traffic.
Keep our community safe, peaceful, and green.
Meeting Schedules - Mark Your Calendar
Concord Township
- June 15 @ 7 PM Planning Commission Public Meeting
- NOTE: The developer has requested to appear before the Concord Township Planning Commission at this meeting. This is still being confirmed, and Public Comment will be accepted
Chadds Ford Township
- June 10 @ 6:30 PM Supervisors Meeting
The future character, safety, and livability of our community depend on public participation now more than ever.
Dear Friends and Supporters of Save Ridge
We Ask for Your Support
A year ago, most of us had never attended a township meeting, organized a fundraiser, submitted public comments, or stood at the side of the road holding signs. Quite simply, we never had a reason to. Today, we do.
The NJ developer continues to push a massive retail development at Ridge Road and Route 202 that would permanently alter one of the most recognizable gateways to our community. What began as concern among a handful of neighbors has grown into a community-wide effort focused on safety, flooding, environmental impacts, and protecting the character of our community.
Most importantly, our voices are being heard. Over the past several months, residents have organized, raised funds, submitted formal comments, engaged elected officials, and challenged assumptions that this project should simply move forward without scrutiny. As a result, we are seeing momentum.
Engagement
- More than 50 residents attended our recent fundraiser at The Crown, raising over $4,000 to support ongoing advocacy efforts.
- Residents from 43 households submitted a formal letter to Chadds Ford Township, raising concerns regarding flooding and the potential taxpayer impact of stormwater management. Community members are engaging both Chadds Ford and Concord Township officials in public meetings. A recent public rally engaged more than one thousand commuters traveling through the Route 202 corridor and generated overwhelming support from passing drivers.
Visibility
Since its launch, Save Ridge Road has become a trusted source of information and community engagement. This website surpassed 20,900 site visits, demonstrating the growing public interest in this issue and the community's demand for transparent, fact-based information.
Results
One of the most controversial elements of the proposal - the gas station - is no longer part of the plan. In addition, Giant’s request for a liquor license was denied. These outcomes demonstrate that public participation matters and that our voices are being heard.
Our concerns remain straightforward
- Safety implications of the proposed entrance into the development via Ridge Road
- Increased congestion and delays on Route 202 and connecting roads
- Increase in large commercial delivery truck traffic throughout Chadds Ford
- Stormwater runoff and flooding impacts on nearby neighborhoods and homes
- Impacts to protected wetlands and wildlife habitats
- Transparency regarding environmental reviews and permitting
Our Plan
We have engaged engineering and land use experts to provide township officials and state agencies with fact-based assessments of the development’s impact. We will continue advocating to local and state officials.
The NJ developer has attorneys, engineers, and consultants. What we have is a community that cares enough to get involved - and that has already proven that it can make a difference.
We have momentum. Let's accelerate it!
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- Continue to make your voice heard
The gas station is gone because residents are involved. Questions surrounding traffic, stormwater, environmental impacts, and safety are receiving attention because residents are involved.
Most of us never expected to become involved in local land-use issues. We became involved because we believe the NJ developer’s plans will have a direct and lasting impact on the safety, environment, and character of our community.
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 20,000 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.