IMPORTANT UPDATE: As of 18SEP2025, we have 12 Community Families officially recognized as Objectors with Legal Standing by the Whitpain Zoning Hearing Board. In addition to donations for Legal and Traffic Expert support, PLEASE JOIN US by attending the next official Zoning Hearing on October 16th, at 7PM at the Whitpain Township Building, 960 Wentz Road, Blue Bell, PA.
Hello Broad Axe Community and Friends,
We Need Help to Fight an Unsafe, Irresponsible, and Unnecessary Commercial Development Application in our Community.
On August 4th, 2025, Whitpain Township posted a Zoning Hearing Board Application Notice for the redevelopment of our neighborhood corner (1 & 11 Skippack Pike, Whitpain - ZHB#2459-25). The Applicant has included a request for a Special Exception to add a Drive Through “Restaurant” to the site. The granting of this Exception by our Zoning Board will create major negative impacts to public health, public safety, public welfare, and public interest caused by this proposed commercial enterprise. It will have direct adverse traffic and pedestrian safety effects on our Broad Axe neighborhood streets and the already congested major intersection at Butler and Skippack Pikes.
The battle has already begun. We have provided our sound concerns and a solid opposition at meetings with the applicant's agent, the owner’s lawyer, the Whitpain Planning Commission, the Whitpain Board of Supervisors, and two Whitpain Zoning Hearings held on August 21st /September 18th, 2025. Twelve of our families have already stood up to become official adverse parties against this Zoning Exception. We have retained essential legal representation and a traffic engineering consultant.
It is important to understand that this type of professional representation at Zoning Hearings will cost thousands of dollars.
We need significant funds for our attorneys and our traffic engineering consultant to continue this fight for the community public good.
Please donate as much as possible so that we can continue this legal defense together at OUR THIRD Zoning Board Hearing, scheduled for October 16th, 2025 (7 PM) at the Whitpain Township Building.
Please help today.
Many Thanks!
The Broad Axe Community
Whitpain Township, PA 19002
Organizer
Peter Lowry
Organizer
Ambler, PA