Within the recommendation tables in Chapter 10, Implementing the Plan, implementing parties are identified as those entities essential to successful implementation, either through leadership, assistance, or active participation in activities. Additional detail on the specific entity names and more general labels is as follows:
Agricultural community, including Individuals and entities involved with agricultural operations in Chester County, such as farmland owners, agricultural business owners, Chester Delaware County Farm Bureau, and Penn State Cooperative Extension.
National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak, a passenger railroad service that provides medium- and long-distance service.
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Chester County Association of Township Officials.
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Chester County Agricultural Development Council.
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Chester County Department of Aging Services.
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Chester County Conference and Visitors Bureau.
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Chester County Department of Community Development.
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Chester County Conservation District.
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Chester County Economic Development Council, CCEDC.
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Chester County Department of Emergency Services, CCDES.
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Chester County Facilities and Parks Department.
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Chester County Health Department.
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Chester County Housing Authority.
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Chester County Human Services.
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Chester County Industrial Development Authority, CCIDA.
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Chester County Intermediate Unit, CCIU.
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Chester County Department of Open Space Preservation.
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Chester County Planning Commission.
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Chester County Solid Waste Authority.
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Chester County Solid Waste Task Force.
Chester County Water Resources Authority.
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Chester County Workforce Development Board.
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Chambers of commerce, including Chester County, Southern Chester County, and Western Chester County.
Conservation organizations, including entities that work to enhance protection of natural resources, such as Brandywine Conservancy, Brandywine Red Clay Alliance, Chester-Ridley-Crum Watersheds Association, Darby-Cobbs Watershed Partnership, Darby Creek Valley Association, Green Valleys Watershed Association, Natural Lands Trust, Octoraro Watershed Association, S.A.V.E. (Safety, Agriculture, Villages and Environment), Stroud Water Research Center, Valley Forge Trout Unlimited, White Clay Creek Watershed Management Committee, and West Chester Fish, Game, and Wildlife Association.
Entities developing sites in Chester County for commercial, industrial, residential, or other purposes.
Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission.
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Chester County Historic Preservation Network, an organization that connects local governments, organizations, and individuals in their efforts to protect, preserve, and promote the historic resources and cultural landscapes of Chester County.
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Historic preservation organizations, including entities that own or interpret historic resources, such as Brandywine Battlefield Task Force, Chester County Historical Society, Historic Yellow Springs, Iron and Steel Heritage Museum, Historic Sugartown, Kennett Underground Railroad Center, Mill at Anselma, Paoli Battlefield, and Schuylkill Greenway National Heritage Area.
Land trusts and conservancies focused on land preservation and associated issues, such as Brandywine Conservancy, French and Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust, Marshallton Conservation Trust, Natural Lands, Open Land Conservancy for Chester County, The Land Conservancy for Southern Chester County, and Willistown Conservation Trust.
Local emergency services providers, including city, borough, township, or regional police, fire, ambulance, and emergency management organizations.
Chester County's 73 municipalities, including the City of Coatesville, the 15 boroughs, and the 57 townships, encompassing their various elected boards or councils and appointed commissions or committees.
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
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Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
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Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
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Southeastern Chester County Refuse Authority, SECCRA.
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Social services organizations, including entities that provide supportive services such as food banks, housing assistance, or other related services, such as Family Service of Chester County, Housing Partnership of Chester County, Human Services Inc., Kennett Area Community Services, La Communidad Hispana, Legal Aid of Southeast PA, Maternal and Child Health Consortium, Open Hearth, Oxford Neighborhood Services Center, and Phoenixville Area Community Services.
Transportation management associations active in Chester County, including Greater Valley Forge Transportation Management Association, GVFTMA, and the Transportation Management Association of Chester County, TMACC.
United States Geological Survey.
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United States Natural Resources Conservation Service.
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Public water, public sewer, energy, communications, and other utility providers such as AQUA Pennsylvania, Chester Water Authority, Comcast, Downingtown Area Regional Authority, Oxford Area Sewer Authority, PECO, Pennsylvania American Water Company, pipeline operators, Valley Forge Sewer Authority, and Verizon.