Redevelopment of Contaminated Kennett Square Industrial Site Stalls as Council Rejects Zoning Change

Development plans for Kennett’s National Vulcanized Fiber site stalled when the borough council did not secure the votes for a zoning change.

Plans to redevelop Kennett Square‘s National Vulcanized Fiber site into affordable housing stalled last week when borough council failed to secure enough votes to initiate a zoning change, writes Brooke Schultz for The Philadelphia Inquirer.

With one vacant seat and another member absent, a reduced council voted 3-2 against an ordinance change that would have transformed the 22-acre site into a high-density residential development…

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