Remember Parkhouse is a non-partisan, grassroots group of citizens advocating for the responsible use of the the 180 acres surrounding Parkhouse Providence Pointe at 1600 Black Rock Road, Upper Providence Township.  Since 2013, these parcels of previously County- and Township-designated Open Space has been threatened by development due to the careless decisions of local politicians who have used this precious land as a political football.

On March 6, 2014, Josh Shapiro, Leslie Richards, and Bruce Castor adjourned from a regular Montgomery County Commissioners meeting and finalized the sale of ~180 acres of open space in Upper Providence Township behind closed doors. 

They did this over the vocal and protracted objections of Upper Providence Township and its residents. 

Sometime in the fall of 2020, current Township Supervisors, Helene Calci and Laurie Higgins met privately with landowner, Scott Rifkin.  On January 19, 2021,  the inevitable development plans we feared were revealed in a public meeting.  The plan that was presented does not in any way conform with the Township's existing zoning, yet Supervisors Calci and Higgins directed it be placed on the agenda for presentation to the rest of the Board.  In spite of almost a month to notify residents that a plan for the piece of land subject to the most controversial sale in Montgomery County history was being presented at a public meeting, Calci and Higgins told no one to the plans inclusion on the agenda.

Join us to stop this irresponsible development and work for a plan that respects the history of the property and maintains the character of the neighborhood.