Today, SCEE announced that the 24 Acre Boy Scout Tract will be saved through a conservation easement!
This is a huge victory for the neighborhood, the city, and the flora and fauna that…
Dozens rallied to save the 24 acres of forest today and oppose the sale today. The event was picked up by 6 ABC, however the story was focused on development across all of…
Over 80 residents attended a special, joint meeting of the Upper Roxborough Civic Association and Residents of Shawmont Valley Civic Association on September 7, 2022 to come together to address SCEE's potential sale…
On September 6, 2022 SCEE announced the following:
The Schuylkill Center’s Board of Trustees has announced that several potential opportunities for preservation have recently been presented to the organization. As a result, the…
Grid Magazine summarizes the fight well, "Leaked memos and emails reveal the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education’s plans to sell 24 wooded acres for development."
In 1965, what was known as the Schuylkill Valley Nature Center opened to the public. With great foresight, sisters Eleanor Houston Smith and Margaret Houston Meigs, envisioned an “island of green” where city…
SCEE held a fundraiser, touting their "Mission to Protect Wildlife Habitat and Sharing Nature" just a month before announcing plans to sell 24 acres of native forest.
This was Just 6 months after…
SCEE has presented that it "needs the money" as a reason that they need to sell 24 acres for development.
However, the numbers don't add up. SCEE has had its highest revenue in…
On July 11, 2022, SCEE released a Request of Proposals for development of the Boy Scout Tract.
The due date for proposals is September 23, 2022.
View the RFP here:
On June 30, 2022 Schuylkill Environmental Education Center presented their intention to sell the 24 acre "Boy Scout" tract to developers to a joint meeting of the Friends of Shawmont Valley and the…