Township, College Cut Ribbon on New Parking Lot

Joseph Brosnan and Barbara Lyons on Tuesday cut the ribbon on the latest construction project at Delaware Valley College.

DelVal and the township worked together to create a new 99-space parking lot near the college's softball field. It is accessible from Farm View Road.

The lot will provide extra parking near the SEPTA train stop on campus, as well as extra parking for athletic events, A-Day, concerts, conferences, and other community events held at the college.

“I think we have a very good relationship with our elected officials,” Brosnan, the DelVal president, said. “These projects prove we can work together in the best interest of the township, our students and the local economy.”

The new lot is a small part of an ongoing $30 million construction and campus improvement project, college officials said.

Lyons, the chairman of the township board of supervisors, said she has seen DelVal grow and improve by tremendous leaps and bounds under Dr. Brosnan’s leadership.

“We’re all so very proud of you and this institution,” she said.

The new lot includes lighting, efficient drainage, and can tolerate heavy vehicles.

After the ribbon-cutting, Lyons said Doylestown Township funded the parking lot project as part of negotiations with DelVal over a lease it held on land at Central Park that the township wanted to use for sports fields.

The parking lot project cost the township about $30,000, she said.