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Conservancy helped Narberth secure Elm Grove Park to block proposed development in Indian Creek floodplain
Summary
The Conservancy described using a DCNR grant to help Narberth Borough buy 3 Elmwood Avenue (now Elm Grove Park) and protect the site from a proposed 10-unit development in the Indian Creek floodplain.
Maureen McGahn said the Conservancy works closely with municipalities to protect vulnerable open space and described a recent acquisition: "This was 3 Elmwood Avenue. It's now called Elm Grove Park." She said the property had been slated for a 10-unit building in the Indian Creek floodplain, that zoning had allowed the development, and the Conservancy helped Narberth Borough prepare and use a Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) grant so the borough could buy the property and protect it as public open space.
"So we wrote a DCNR grant, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, so that the borough could buy this property, and now it's protected in public open space," McGahn said. The presentation identified the location as the bend in Narberth on Wynwood Avenue and noted Indian Creek runs through the property; McGahn linked the purchase to the Conservancy's open-space easement work that protects 22 properties in Lower Merion.
