Author: Andrea Szyper

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About Andrea Szyper
Andrea Szyper is the Communications Manager at Heritage Conservancy, where she uses web, print, and social media to connect the community to local nature, history, and conservation.

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Heritage Conservancy receives the 2024 Governor’s Award for Environmental Excellence for Outreach at the Croydon Woods

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Heritage Conservancy has been honored with the 2024 Pennsylvania Governor’s Award for Environmental Excellence for its Nature Preserve Species Surveys and Educational Programs at its Croydon Woods Nature Preserve. The reclaimed Superfund site has become a neighborhood jewel, with trails used by community members and students. The award specifically recognizes community science, education, and biodiversity […]

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Useful Information to Help You Plan Your Legacy Giving

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At Heritage Conservancy’s recent Legacy Breakfast, sponsored by Wilmington Trust, N.A., guests gathered to learn about opportunities to make an impact on Heritage Conservancy’s mission and the greater community through planned giving and estate planning. Visionary philanthropists and members of Heritage Conservancy’s Legacy Society, Brian Clark and Colleen Kokas and Linda and Phil Cacossa, took […]

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Who Won Awards at Heritage Conservancy’s 2024 Business Partners Reception?

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Spirits were high at this spring’s Business Partners Reception at Aldie Mansion. This annual happy hour event allows Heritage Conservancy to honor and celebrate the support of the many generous locals businesses that fuel its triple mission of land conservation, historic preservation, and community outreach and education. This year marked the first awards presentation. Three […]

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Nature in 100 Words or Less: Our Micro-Writing Contest Winners

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The Community Outreach team at Heritage Conservancy recently challenged writers of all ages from Lower Bucks County to capture nature in 100 words or less. We received over 70 entries, compelling narratives, evocative poems, and thought-provoking prose that impressed our judges. We had so many entries, it was hard to choose just one from each […]

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The Thomas Ellicott House

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Heritage Conservancy has recognized nearly 700 local properties in Bucks and Montgomery Counties, adding them to its Register of Historic Places. Among its newest “inductees” is the Thomas Ellicott House on Aquetong Road in Carversville, Solebury Township. The home is a notable, well-preserved example of vernacular architecture.  This historic stone home has also been associated […]

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