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DEVELOPMENT
Residents focus on traffic at Commons site
By Chris Wells___________
Staff writer_____________
While Sewickley Council waits for the recommendation of its planning commission, an ardent mix of residents petitioned all who would listen last Monday to turn aside prospective adaptations that could open Chadwick Street to heightened vehicular congestion.
Bilateral action between the boroughs of Edgeworth and Sewickley to finalize a two-building business blueprint along Route 65 which straddles the neighboring boroughs’ borders was delayed at least until Sewickley’s July 16 regular council session.
Edgeworth Borough Council, which in March had decreased some requirements to speed development of the lot, has approved all Phase I renderings, clearing the land for construction.
But Edgeworth requires Sewickley approval to pass Phase II since one-third of an acre of the four-acre site lies in Sewickley.
As it awaits Sewickley Council judgment on the sliver of property to complete the full 135-space parking lot to serve both buildings, Ohio River Associates real estate development company can erect the 29,000 square foot office plaza known as One Edgeworth Square.
For the entire project to be launched, Edgeworth set five conditions, one being gamering permission from Sewickley for accessible parking on property that extends into Sewickley,
Ohio River Associates(ORA) can only meet its remaining stipulated site specifications
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COURTSIDE
Tennis, anyone? A fund-raiser is being held to help raise money to build tennis courts for Quaker Valley's tennis teams.See Page 16.
TEMPO
Adive children. Active parents. The Watson Institute offers a special program to help keep the family unit at its best. For more on CoreBreok, see Poge 13.
SPORTS
The QV Hockey Team will travel to Denmark for a little bit of hockey and a whole lot of fun. For more on their adventure, see Page 27,
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IN THE GARDEN
PUTTING DOWN roots in the Valley Care Adult Day Care community are Ann and Elva as they take part in planting the garden.
GOOD SEASONS
Valley Care group enjoys new growth
The weather cooperated to provide a beautiful sunny day for clients of the Valley Care Adult Day Services in Ambridge, as they worked hard in their new garden at 345 Maplewood Ave.
After months of planning, they were seeing the fruits of their labor as a sensory garden emerged before their eyes.
Surrounding two sides of the one-story cottage, the garden was beginning to bloom.
“A riot of red roses decorates the south side of the fence, which provides both privacy and safety to clients,” explained Jane Tumpson, former executive director of Valley Care Association, the parent organization of the program.
“Jennifer Carr, director of the program, had been working with Michael Skribar, owner of Harmony Gardens on Duss Avenue, and members of the master gardener group from the
Penn State Cooperative to design this garden.” A concrete patio now frames the building and provides a barrier-free path on which people who are physically or mentally challenged can travel without stumbling. A decorative hand-rail borders the garden so that those who need support have something to hold onto as they walk around.
The outer edge of the patio is bordered with planting beds, Sun flower seeds have been planted and will develop into six-foot tall sentries around the fence Trees have been positioned to provide shade as well as a visual landscape of variable heights and textures.
A miniature herb garden will stimulate the sense of smell, something which often leaves us as we age. Feathery leaves of some herbs contrast with the rough edges of others. ------------------------ Continued on Page S
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