Fifth Ward Commissioner, Laura Cavender, outlines the proposed framework for the Polo Field at the 02/13 meeting of the Board of Commissioners.  Her presentation can be found on the Haverford Township YouTube Channel approximately 2 hours and 32 minutes into the recording.

A recording of the 02/02/2023 public meeting on the Polo Field held by Laura Cavender at the CREC is available on the Haverford Township YouTube channel.

The Delaware County Times has picked up the Polo Field story, as well.  

The Polo Field story was picked up by both the Times Herald on 01/27/2023 and the Philadelphia Inquirer on 01/28/2023.

The Brynford Civic Association will be hosting a Zoom call with Laura Cavender at 1PM on January 28, 2023.  For more information, please contact us at brynfordca@gmail.com.

On January 25th 5th Ward Commissioner Laura Cavender send out an announcement about a tentative agreement on the Polo Field.  The agreement can be found here.

An announcement by Lower Merion Township can be found here.  The corresponding announcement by Lower Merion School District can be found here.

Laura Cavender will be hosting a public meeting at the CREC on February 2nd at 6PM.  Officials from both townships will be in attendance.  All members of the community are welcome to attend.

A brief statement from 5th Ward Commissioner, Laura Cavender, was read at the Brynford Civic Association's January meeting.  The proposed framework is based on the following four points:
- Haverford Township will get full ownership of the Polo Field
- Haverford Township will continue to jointly operate the Polo Field with Lower Merion Township
- Lower Merion Township will permit Lower Merion School District's new Black Rock Middle School to use the baseball and softball fields for the weekday afterschool slots.  Bus drop-off and pick-up is tentatively agreed to be taking place on Railroad Avenue.  Buses will park in Lower Merion Township during practices and games.
- Lower Merion School District will make a one-time $275k contribution to Haverford Township to be directed to improvements at the Polo Field.
Details of the agreement have yet to be hammered out.

The Brynford Civic Association would like to thank those members of the community who submitted comments after the 02/03/2022 Zoom meeting.  From what we understand, numerous neighbors voiced their opinions on the topic.

The Brynford Civic Association has also followed up the 02/03/2022 meeting with a formal response, which was sent to Dave Burman, the Haverford Township Manager, and Laura Cavender, the fifth ward commissioner. The goal of the response was to spell out clearly what information Lower Merion Township should include in a formal proposal to change the use of the Polo Field.  This information will be used by Haverford Township in further discussions with Lower Merion.

Lower Merion's Polo Field Proposal will be on the agenda at an upcoming meeting of the Haverford Board of Commissioners.  However, the date has not yet been announced.  The Brynford Civic Association will send a letter to notify membership when the date has been specified.  Be forewarned that this could happen with only one or two days' notice.  For those who prefer to track this information themselves, BoC agendas are published here.  BoC meetings are the first and second Mondays of every month.

Lower Merion Township mentioned at the 02/03/2022 meeting that they will be following up the initial Zoom meeting with additional information in the next several months.  The Brynford Civic Association will continue to post any updates here.

Please note that the 02/03/2022 meeting was recorded and is posted to the Haverford Township YouTube Channel.  The link for the recording itself can be found here.

If you would like to comment on the proposal, please send an email to the Haverford Township Manager, Dave Burman (dburman@havtwp.org) and the 5th Ward Commissioner, Laura Cavender (lcavender@havtwp.org).

With any questions or concerns, you can always reach out to the Brynford Civic Association at brynfordca@gmail.com.

Lower Merion wants to use the Polo Field for their new Middle School’s sports program. How do you feel about this?
​The Executive Committee of the Brynford Civic Association does not see the benefit of this proposal to Brynford neighbors and opposes it, but we feel it is important to hear from all Brynford residents. We encourage you to attend a virtual meeting on the issue.
Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022
6:30 pm
Virtual (ZOOM) – Click here to register for the meeting.

The meeting is co-hosted by Haverford Commissioner Laura Cavender and Lower Merion Commissioners Scott Zelov and Andy Gavrin. 
Lower Merion will make a presentation on the proposal, and the forum will be open for questions from attendees.
 
We NEED as many Brynford neighbors to attend this meeting as possible. Mark your calendar and register today!

Lower Merion wants to share their plans and the resulting implications with the neighbors surrounding the Polo Field and provide an opportunity for all neighbors to ask questions.
During the meeting, there will be an opportunity to discuss field usage, maintenance and services, traffic flow, parking, and other resident concerns and questions. The meeting will be recorded for those of you who are unable to join. Please send questions regarding zoom to dburman@havtwp.org. Send your comments or concerns to cavender@havtwp.org