Zoning appeal contests Valley Forge development plans

0 Comments | Philadelphia Inquirer, The, July, 2008 | by Jeff Gammage Inquirer Staff Writer

More than a million visitors come each year to explore its rich Revolutionary War history, but the fact is that there's never been a battle fought at Valley Forge. Until now. Tonight, a conservation group and several local property owners plunge into what could be a long and contentious attempt to stop a nonprofit organization from building a museum and conference center on private land inside the national park.

"Our ultimate goal is to protect Valley Forge," said Cinda Waldbuesser, state program manager for the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA), a Washington advocacy group. The NPCA and five local petitioners have filed a zoning appeal with officials in Lower Providence Township, Montgomery County. The township has given the American Revolution Center at...