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Fresh food center opens downtown, Chester gets first co-op grocery

By JessicaBautista jbautista@chesterspirit.com Business owners along the Avenue of the States all agreed that retail traffic is routinely low, but with the grand opening of Chester’s first “community-owned grocery” store over the weekend, many are optimistic that Chester’s Central Business District is one step closer to revitalization and Chester’s Co-op may be the catalyst needed [...]

March 19th, 2011 | Posted in Community Spirit | Read More »

Neighborhood design plan unveiled

By LorettaRodgers Spirit staff / lrodgers@chesterspirit.com The lack of residents attending last Thursday night did not dampen the enthusiasm of Chester’s Planning Department while presenting a new design plan for the Union Square neighborhood. Representatives of CH Planning, Ltd., a Chester-based urban planning and design firm, using large display boards, chronicled the planning process from [...]

March 8th, 2011 | Posted in Community Spirit | Read More »