Daily News | Filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan is selling 90 acres of Kirkwood Farm in Chester County for preservation
The preservation comes as Chester County faces steady pressure for residential and commercial development, including proposals for warehouses and. The nonprofit Willistown trust was founded in 1996, and Kirkwood Farm “has been the number one priority since our inception,” Etherington said.
She said a $500,000 grant from the Chester County Commissioners, as well as fundraising, will help pay for the purchase., county commissioners Marian Moskowitz, Josh Maxwell, and Michelle Kichline described the 90 acres as “a spectacular landscape.” They said new parking and walking trail connections are planned.
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