Haverford Business Developments June 2019

An Office for HPED! HPED will be moving into it's first office this month, at 412 Darby Road in Llanerch! We are doing some renovations to the space, thanks to pro bono work from board member Gina Ranieri and her construction company Ranieri & Kerns! We plan to have an Open House once we are all set up, so stay tuned for an invitation!

HPED Welcomes Summer Intern Margaret Chen This week, we welcome Margaret Chen as the new Whitehead Intern for HPED for this summer! She is a rising junior at Haverford College, majoring in Environmental Studies and minoring in Growth and Structure in Cities at Bryn Mawr.  For 10 weeks, she will be helping HPED with event coordination, HPED newsletters, our website and facebook pages, business district plantings and business recruitment for rain gardens and stormwater planters. "I am excited to meet and get to know the people in the Haverford Township community, and for this opportunity to work with HPED," explains Margaret.  Along with helping HPED, she hopes to learn more about Haverford Township businesses and methods for revitalizing business districts!

Free Storm Water Planters or Rain Gardens for Businesses

Haverford businesses can request a free storm water flow through planter if they have downspouts in a visible, paved location on their business property or rain gardens if they have a suitable location. A limited number of planters will be available to good locations under a pilot program organized by the Environmental Advisory Committee and funded by the Haverford Township Civic Council. Storm water management is essential to maintain the health of our streams. A variety of storm water strategies, such as rain gardens or storm water planters protect stream banks from erosion due to the high volume of water during rain storms. Storm Water Planters are custom-built wooden boxes that are connected to one of your downspouts. They slow the release of rain water into our storm drains, as well as providing beauty and greenery! Rain Gardens are beautiful landscaped areas built down, instead of up, intercepting runoff from buildings, driveways and other impervious surfaces before it can reach the storm sewers and streams. Small gardens are typically 6-12 inches deep and drain within a day or two after a rain. Plants are water and drought tolerant and need little or no watering after they are established. Storm water planters are designed to filter and detain water from downspouts watering a beautiful array of water and drought tolerant plants. Our summer intern, Margaret Chen, will be working on identifying businesses who have ideal locations for stormwater planters. If you want to learn more about the planters or see whether you would be a good fit, contact Margaret at mchen@haverford.edu .

2019 Haverford Home & Garden Show The warmth and sunshine was a welcome change from last year at the 2nd annual Haverford Home & Garden Show held on May 18-19th! It was a great event with a wide variety of vendors, speakers and hands-on activities, a fun preview night party and a t. Thank you to the planning committee: Jeanne Angell, Colette Bannan, Nicole Bruno, Jeanette DiLuco, Christine Faris, Terry Gavigan, Sherrie Jenkins, Dan Namerow, Brian Niles, Lisa Oliva, Kathleen Rode, Amy Sweeney, Chris Whiting, and to our many show volunteers! Thank you to our show sponsors! Platinum Sponsor: Farryn Electric! Gold Sponsors: State Road Builders Supply, Gans Plumbing, Heating & AC, M&T Bank, Adam Mechanical Heating, AC & Plumbing, Havertown Carpet Company, Mostardi Nursery, Conshohocken Brewing Company, and O'Kane Construction. Silver Sponsors: Gardener/Fox, Lou Curley's Chimney Service, Franklin Mint Federal Credit Union, Wagner Real Estate, Kitchen Solutions Plus, SDP Landscape Management, DMI Home Supply & Rental Center, Carlino's Market, Kelly Music for Life, Inspire, PECO, Summit Swimming Pools, Haverford Township Civic Council, Peterson Insurance, and G. Fedale Roofing & Siding.

Moonlight Dining on the Boulevard will be held in September... Stay tuned for the new date!

Thank you to our Partner Township of Haverford!

Thank you to our Platinum HPED Sponsors! ($500)

Holly Goodman & Carolyn Corr

Thank you to our Gold HPED Sponsors! ($250)

What is HPED? HPED is a partnership between residents, township officials, and businesses, and has been working on behalf of our businesses since its inception in 2010. From business district beautification projects to business networking events, from public information sessions on new development to developing business recruitment materials, from marketing our Township as a shopping and dining destination to events to promote economic growth, our goals have been the same - to foster the development, breadth and growth of our business districts while maintaining and enhancing the inherent charm of our community.   For more information about HPED, visit our website at www.hped.org.

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