Lower Makefield Township has announced a second Public Forum for the Patterson Farm Master Plan.
Public Forum #2 will be held on Tuesday, September 26, 2023 at 630pm in the Lower Makefield Township Building. The address is 1100 Edgewood Road in Yardley.
The Township is in the process of developing a Master Plan for Patterson Farm and is considering several options for the future of this space.
While the Master Plan will be developed by a professional firm skilled in these matters, the Township and the Ad Hoc Property Committee are dedicated to seeking input from the community at large.
The discussion will focus on what to do with the future of the 243- acre historic property owned by the township that sits between Route 295 and Mirror Lake Road. A first meeting was held back in June at the community center.
This is the second and final session officials said.
The second and final public forum to shape the future of Patterson Farm will be held on September 26th. At this meeting, the Architectural Firm Seiler + Drury will present a preliminary Master Plan for the long-term vision for Patterson Farm, officials said.
“The Master Plan is a long-term, strategic document to guide future decision-making to help mold Patterson Farm in to a beloved agricultural, historical, and natural open space for the community to enjoy for years to come,” said Dennis Steadman, Chair AHPC for LMT.
Patterson Farm includes the historic Janney-Brown Farmstead that contains a Georgian-style stone house, stone/frame cottage, bank barn and 6 outbuildings. The non-profit
Last February the Board of Supervisors awarded a $114,000 contract to Seiler and Drury of Norristown to develop the master plan, according to township records. The consulting firm will spearhead Lower Makefield through developing a comprehensive master plane for the site, officials have said.
The township purchased the farm from Tom and Alice Patterson for $7.2 milion in 1998 according to online records. 15 buildings spread over 234 acres with many needing work and repair, according to officials.
The farm is steeped into the history of the township which has led some to want to turn it in to an official historical site. One idea floated has been to make it a tourist site and charge fees much like museums operate.
The non-profit Artists of Yardley leases one of the buildings from the township that offers art classes, camps, exhibits, and shows. According to the AOY website there are over 290 member artists.
“The Master Plan needs to deliver three key elements: paint a vision of what the Patterson Farm property can be ten years from now; recommend a path to get there and make specific recommendations for stage one,” Township Manager David Kratzer said.
Interested members of the LMT community are strongly encouraged to attend the second public forum.
You can view the meeting on Facebook here: https://www.
On YouTube here: https://www.youtube.
You can also submit your vision for the Patterson Farm by clicking here
The Ad-hoc Property Committee (AHPC) is a non-partisan committee of volunteer professionals who have organized at the request of Lower Makefield Township (LMT) in Bucks County, PA. They hold public meetings via Zoom on the 2nd Thurs of each month at 7:30pm. Videos of past meetings are available for viewing on the LMT YouTube page. Together, LMT, AHPC, and architectural firm Seiler + Drury are working to produce a master plan for the buildings and land use in a way that will keep Patterson farm in agriculture and preserve it far into the future. Comments and input are welcome via the LMT citizen portal or the Paterson Farm Master Plan webpage https://lowermakefield-pa.civilspace.io/en/projects/patterson-farm-master-plan.
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