Vision Partnership Program
The Chester County Planning Commission is not accepting new VPP Grant applications at this time. The grant program is currently being updated for consistency with Landscapes2. We anticipate that the grant program will re-open in early 2011 and will provide complete information to all municipalities about the new grant program as soon as it is available. Please note that the October 2007 Grant Manual and forms on this website continue to apply to active VPP grants and contracts.
The Board of Commissioners of Chester County established the Vision Partnership Program to promote cooperation between local and County governments to implement LANDSCAPES, the County’s comprehensive policy plan. The Vision Partnership Program (referred to as the VPP) is a planning grant program and was created following the adoption of LANDSCAPES in 1996.
Municipalities that participate in the VPP have access to planning grants and technical assistance to assist them in improving local planning programs and achieving consistency with the principles of LANDSCAPES.
The VPP grant program provides funding opportunities to member municipalities to update their local plans and ordinances. The purpose of the grant program is to achieve consistency between municipal plans and ordinances and the policies established within LANDSCAPES. Items identified in the County’s Consistency Review Report as necessary to achieve consistency with LANDSCAPES are eligible for funding under the VPP grant program.
The VPP grant program was last revised on October 10, 2007. Revisions were limited to an increase in the level of funding available for multi-municipal planning projects. In addition, the grant and reimbursement applications (Appendices A and B) are now available in a writable PDF format that can be filled out electronically and saved. Copies of the grant manual can be accessed electronically from the link below. Or, if you prefer a printed copy of the manual, please contact us through the website or call our office at 610-344-6285. Questions about the grant program can be directed to Carol Stauffer at the above number or to cstauffer@chesco.org.
You will need the latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader to use the fill-in version of Appendices A and B. To download Adobe Acrobat Reader please visit the Adobe site.
