Love the idea. I hope they get the right paperwork together soon.

Wow! Hope the township and the Bowsers get all their "ducks in a row" - a wine garden in Willistown sounds like a win-win situation. I'd love to have a wine garden right down the road. What a great idea.

Agree that Willistown needs more social places for community to gather and attract other folks who'll spend money with the small businesses in our area. A wine garden brings us into the 21st century....So please do the paperwork and apply for the zoning needed....!

I wouldn't call it a "major" setback, just par for the course in this township. We have other plans for the building that we can pursue. The "channels" that they wanted us to go through were expensive and unnecessary studies that we asked for waivers for. We just wanted to remodel the interior of Mr. Potter's former residence on the property to make it into a wine tasting room that the PLCB already gave us an approval letter to do. Why should we have to spend thousands on an environmental impact study, traffic, parking and developmental plans for an interior remodel with NO outside changes? Makes no sense. This is a loss for the township on a site that has seen many different operators try and fail due to no being able to diversify. the township granted waivers for these studies so that a limo company can start selling cars out of the old Rocco's Pizza site...but Woodlawn doesn't get the same favors? The rumor is that the contention between the township and Main Line Gardens has muddied the waters for Woodlawn but these cases should be regarded separately on their merit.

I think a wine garden in the area would be awesome. Something new and fun in the area. I bet if the Strawberry farm applied, they would have been approved with no problem.

Dave K.
good idea; they need someone from the twp. to explain the process to them so this can become a reality!

We are pulling for you guys! Let's hope that the township decides to "re-evaluate" their decision based on the feedback. It is a great idea for the community, and a necessary evolution to maintain your business and compete with the big box stores. I commend Woodlawn Gardens for trying to grow with the community!
Owner of Butt Wigglin Good Pet Bakery - Jen Proetto

A wine garden would be lovely, and it would be nice to see a business succeed at that location. Where was the impact study when they approved that hideous electronic sign for Main Line Gardens??

We understand the process, have all our ducks in a row and followed all the township's processes for requesting a waiver to submitting the studies required for conditional use. Other applicants have had their waiver requests approved for similar projects yet ours, supposedly because of the litigation with our competing garden center "Main Line Gardens", was denied. Woodlawn maintains that our project should be considered on its merit which is distinctly different from other applications. We are asking to remodel the interior of a building, with no soil disturbance, additional impervious coverage or outdoor building involved. This project doesn't warrant an expensive environmental impact or traffic study, or development plan that the township is requiring. This amounts to punitive bullying of a small business. We'd like to offer something nice for the township to utilize and we thought a wine garden would be a triple win for us to repurpose and existing building, for the community and for Blair Vineyards. Help us by letting the twp. manager know your thoughts!