Daily News | Schuylkill Center: ‘Boy Scout’ tract could be preserved, controversial development plan put on hold
Officials for the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education believe they can preserve 24 acres in Northwest Philadelphia known as the “Boy Scout” tract and have suspended their quest for a developer that would likely have built housing on the site — a plan that provoked fierce opposition from neighbors.
Mike Weilbacher, the center’s executive director, said in an email on the announcement that the board “is immediately pausing the process to prioritize the exploration of potential preservation possibilities.” He said news over the summer that the center was considering selling the land for development “jarred loose” new possibilities for preservation.
“Obviously we’re pleased that the Trustees have decided to pull back from the abyss,” Rich Giordano, president of the Upper Roxborough Civic Association, said in an email. “Our efforts now shift to helping them both to find funds to help conserve this property once and for all and to take steps not only to preserve it but to do restoration work there as well.
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