2nd Century Alliance

Volunteer Leadership

CHAIR

Bill Shaw

Life Transforming Ministries

VICE-CHAIR

Linda Lavender-Norris

Coatesville City Council

TREASURER

John Newton

First Eastern Development Co.

SECRETARY

Donna Steltz

Western Chester County

Chamber of Commerce

PAST CHAIR

Crosby Wood

New Heritage Properties

MEMBERS

Michelle Allen

Mimi's Favorite Things

Jack Burkholder

Resident/Coatesville RDA

Doug Byers

Prosper Bank

Tammy Cansler-Miles

Cansler Investment Group

Don Cochran

Cellarium Wine Cellars

Dennis Dantzler

Downtown Property Owner

Chaya Scott

Consultant

Stephen Shinn

Midway Arts/MarkLane Properties

Tom Taylor

Brite Realty

Thomas Swett

Kennett Economic Development

PARTNERS

Patrick Bokovitz

Chester County Dept. Community Dev.

Vanessa Briggs

Brandywine Health Foundation

Chip Huston

Coatesville City Administration

Denise James

Coatesville Growing Greater

Kevin Myers

Chester County Planning Commission

Gary Smith

Chester County Economic Dev. Council

Our Mission

The mission of the 2nd Century Alliance is to develop and execute a strategy to build the City of Coatesville’s capacity to improve current conditions, stabilize the socio-economic stature of the City, foster economic development, and bring resources and community partners together for these purposes.

The 2nd Century Alliance is a Public/Private Partnership, funded by a collaboration between contributions from the private sector and the Chester County Department of Community Development.

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The 2nd Century Alliance employs a five-point approach to community revitalization:

Residential Neighborhood Strengthening

Downtown Revitalization

Jobs & Economic Opportunity

Quality of Life

Communications

You can find a detailed action plan supporting these primary strategies here.

Contact us for more information.

Our Partnerships

Funding support

is provided by: