Third Street Bridge: Design Considerations
Representatives from the Friends of Glen Providence Park spoke at the July 18 Media Borough Council meeting about the Third Street...
read moreThird Street Bridge to be Pedestrian-Bicycle Only
Media Borough Council has decided to pursue a redesign of the Third Street bridge as a pedestrian and bicycle-only bridge in the wake...
read morePosition Regarding Third Street Project
Friends of Glen Providence Park welcomes the finalized conservation easement agreement between Delaware County and Broomall’s Lake...
read moreBroomall’s Dam Update: Conservation Easement Agreement...
County Conservation Agreement Saves 1.1 Acres of Glen Providence Park and Preserves 4 Acres of Adjacent Open Space!Friends of...
read moreBroomall’s Dam update (last updated 5-31-2022)
At their October 6, 2021 legislative meeting, Delaware County Council announced an ordinance to take 4.7 acres of the Broomall’s...
read moreBroomall’s Dam in the Media Borough Open Space Survey
Media Borough is again seeking public input about the Broomall’s Dam/Third Street Project. If built, a new dam would have a...
read more4-21-2018 CRC Streams Cleanup!
Friends of Glen Providence Park is proud to be helping the Chester-Ridley-Crum Watersheds Association (CRC) with their 21st...
read moreBroomall’s Dam Breach Update
As you may have observed, Broomall’s Dam has been partially removed by the DEP as planned. The bulk of this work was completed...
read moreBroomall’s Dam Removal
With Broomall’s Dam scheduled to be partially removed in the near future, we thought it was relevant to provide an in-depth recap of...
read more2-22-2017 What’s up with the dam coming down?
Public Meeting about 3rd Street & Broomall’s Dam with DEP On Wednesday, February 22 at 6pm, at the Media Borough Parlor...
read moreBroomall’s Dam Update: new Spring date for partial dam...
As we previously reported, the PA Department of Environmental Protection decided in October 2015 to schedule a partial breach of...
read moreOur 5th Anniversary!
Friends of Glen Providence Park first met on July 14, 2011 at Seven Stones Café in Media. We organized in response to the threat to...
read moreBroomall’s Dam Update: Temporary Partial Breach this fall
As we reported in October 2015, the the PA Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) will conduct a “temporary partial...
read moreBroomall’s Dam Update: PennDOT Funding
PennDOT May Not Pay for Dam Replacement if a Bridge is Less Expensive Responding to the decision by the Pennsylvania Department of...
read moreBroomall’s Dam Update: temporary dam removal
As reported by Media Borough Council President Brian Hall at tonight’s Council meeting, the PA Department of Environmental...
read moreBroomall’s Dam Update: Ownership & Emergency Action Pla...
On Thursday, July 16th, the seven members of Media Borough Council voted unanimously for a resolution declaring that the Borough was...
read moreThird Street Update & Dam Construction Timeline
John Harrison from Schnabel Engineering gave an update on the Third Street project at the Media Borough Council Workshop meeting on...
read moreThird Street Litigation: Ruling by Judge Proud
We are disappointed to report that Judge Proud ruled yesterday in favor of BLCC’s Petition for Contempt and Enforcement of...
read moreA Year in the 1.1 Acre
In 2013, we kept a photojournal to document the planned construction area in Glen Providence Park for Broomall’s Dam at 3rd...
read moreThird Street Litigation: Hearing with Judge Proud
Today was the hearing before Judge Proud between Media Borough, Broomall’s Lake Country Club (BLCC), and Delaware County. The...
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