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Who wants an indie bookstore in Chadds Ford?
📚 Can we manifest it? + ♻️ easy food waste solution + 🥚Easter egg hunt + more
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Fulfill the Sunset Hill Preserve promise
+ reviving local civic engagement 🫵🏻
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And the award goes to….
School lunch 🍓+ local art 🎨 + cupcakes 🧁+ more
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Read the latest
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Let’s manifest cool places in new spaces around Chadds Ford
Results of an unscientific community poll
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Fun playgrounds near Chadds Ford
Check ’em all out!
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CFTRA roadside cleanup keeps getting bigger, and we’re here for it
New friends + clean streets
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Got fast fingers for the library’s Delco Gives challenges?
We’d love your support! Every donation counts.
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Local duo launches Better Than Baked CSA/B Box
Local food artisans combine forces
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CFE Parents’ Night Out: Art we glad we went?
If you were at the CFE Parents’ Night Out Centennial Celebration on April 11, you already know it delivered. And if you weren’t able to attend, consider this your friendly reminder that showing up is usually worth it. I know… the cozy couch and your Netflix queue can be so enticing, but getting out of…
Meet the creator, a Chadds Ford resident

Jen Panaro
Hello! I’m Jen Panaro, Chadds Ford neighbor and creator of this little corner of the internet. I’m a writer, reader, mom, community volunteer, eco-nerd, and more.
I created Connect Chadds Ford as a space for neighbors to connect. Let’s work together to rebuild community, advocate for collection action, and spark civic engagement in the service of renewed resilience in our local spaces.
There’s no bad time to shop local, see what’s going on at a municipal meeting, get to know your neighbor better, or bake them an apple pie, just because.




