Chester once made the things America ran on. Its shipyards launched tankers by the hundreds. Its Ford plant turned out Model A’s and, later, Jeeps for the front lines. At its peak, more than 66,000 people called the city home.
Then the factories closed, the jobs left, and many families followed.
Now, a $97.1 million revitalization package is betting that Delaware County’s only city can write a new chapter. It’s a story nearly four centuries in the making…