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Who knew Chester County had a Bus Safety Competition?
+ bus pollution ☁️+ two local “Olympics” 💪🏼 + rubber ducks galore + more
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Did you know open educator complaints are confidential?
+ ⚽ youth sports legislation + lady parts + 🪴 plant swaps + 📚 books
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Want a FREE bouquet from a local flower farm?
I’d love to gift this to you!
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Terrasol Energies: Is now a good time to get rooftop solar?
alternative title: how’s your energy bill lately?! 📈
Read the latest
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Got blood? Can you donate at the blood drive?
An easy way to be a good neighbor
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Gardens of Chadds Ford: Nourishing bodies and souls
While tomatoes from her garden stewed on her stove, Chadds Ford neighbor Sam Reiner and I chatted about the expansive garden she and her family have been diligently curating since moving to Chadds Ford many years ago. Sam wasn’t always a gardener. Before moving into her current home, she and her young family were caretakers…
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Wine, massages, and movie nights: support the library fundraising dinner
Time for the annual library fundraising dinner.
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A charming night out with Brandywine Cool Girls
Meet Sarah James + Brandywine Cool Girls
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Yo Craig, your hubris is showing
Unspinning fact from fiction
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Meet IONNA at the Wawa in Chadds Ford
A new kind of EV charging in our neighborhood
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.




