BEDMINSTER CONCERNED CITIZENS

01/05/09

The Bedminster Concerned Citizens (BCC) group was formed in late December 2004 when word of a number of proposed developments became known. We are residents of Bedminster Township in Bucks County, PA. We started meeting in a private home and now meet monthly on the first Tuesday of the month at 7:00 PM at the Rolling Hills United Methodist Church on Route 611, just north of the Pipersville post office.

 Our purpose is to be informed and to let our township supervisors know that preserving open space and managing growth within our township is important to us. Our goals are to maintain the quality of life in the township, retain the rural atmosphere and limit the draw of our water resources. We share information with neighboring townships since development is a regional issue and items such as traffic and water quality affect us all. We meet monthly to exchange information that we have learned from attending hearings at the Bedminster Township building and as residents hear of us, we add them to an e-mail distribution list to notify them of upcoming events.

To contact us or be added to our e-mail list, write to info@bedminsterconcernedcitizens.com

News

Hearings for both Bedminster Associates and the Piper Group have ended. The Bedminster Township Board of Supervisors has voted against the curative amendment proposals sponsored by the developers.

BCC members and friends from the community continue the cleanup of Route 611 from Quarry Road to Route 113. 2008 was our third year of trash collected from 2.7 miles of highway!

Please keep us in mind for 2009 and come out to help us. Weather permitting, our first Route 611 cleanup will coincide with the Great Pennsylvania Cleanup, typically conducted on a Saturday in April, close to Earth Day (possibly the 18th - stay tuned!). Rain date May 9th. Other cleanup dates will be in May, September and October.

 All citizens are welcome to participate in the cleanup, but in order to do so, you must view a 16-minute training video and sign a form provided by PennDOT. If you would like to participate in the cleanup, please e-mail us. You will be contacted to arrange a time for viewing the training video.

Click on the link to read an essay on the Stewardship of the Wild and Scenic Tohickon Creek: Tohickon_Stewardship_essay_060206.pdf