Chester County announces 2023 Town Tours & Village Walks lineup

Chester County Commissioners Marian Moskowitz, Josh Maxwell and Michelle Kichline announced the 2023 Town Tours & Village Walks program “Our Agricultural Heritage” is kicking off at the West Chester United Methodist Church on Thursday, June 8.

Now in its 29th year, the program offers residents and visitors the opportunity to explore Chester County’s rich history, architecture, and cultural heritage through a series of informative lectures and strolls on Thursday evenings, from June 8 to Aug. 17.

The June 8 kick-off event will showcase the remnants of West Chester’s Quaker farms, as well as some of the agri-businesses that fol- lowed – including ESCO, United Dairy, Yearsley’s, and the Fruit Growers. Doors for this first event will open at 5 p.m. for registration, with the program beginning at 5:30 p.m. Tours start immediately afterward.

Additional tours for the 2023 season include the following:

• June 15 Westtown

School, Westtown Township

• June 22 Thornbury

Farm, Thornbury Township

• June 29 Paoli Battlefield, Malvern Borough

• July 13 Kennett

Square’s Agricultural

Past: It’s Not All About

Mushrooms!

• July 20 Spackman-Davis

Farm, Caln Township

• July 27 Grove United Methodist Church, West Whiteland Township

• Aug. 3 Upper Uwchlan

Township (advanced registration required)

• Aug. 10 Yeager’s Farm & Market, East Pikeland

Township

• Aug. 17 Historic Yellow

Springs, West Pikeland

Township

All Chester County Town Tours & Village Walks events are free to attend and begin at 5:30 p.m.

Each tour lasts approximately 50 minutes, with the last tour leaving at 7 p.m.— except for the Aug. 17 tour of Historic Yellow Springs, which begins at 6 p.m. (doors open at 5 p.m.). The Aug. 3 tour in Upper Uwchlan Township is the only tour that requires pre-registration.

The Town Tours & Village Walks program is made possible through a partnership between the Chester County Board of Commissioners, the Chester County Planning Commission, the Chester County History Center, the Chester County Historic Preservation Network, Chester County Tourism, and many dedicated volunteers. For full details on the 2023 Town Tours & Village Walks program, visit www. chesco.org/towntours.