The familiar white canopy, that will protect motorists as they are fueling their vehicles, has sprouted from the dirt-covered site.
Jeff Werner, Patch Staff
|Updated Mon, Feb 24, 2025 at 1:30 pm ET
NEWTOWN TOWNSHIP, PA — The new Wawa convenience store and gas station is beginning to take shape along the heavily traveled Newtown Bypass.
The familiar white canopy, that will protect motorists as they are fueling their vehicles, has sprouted from the dirt-covered site at the intersection of the Newtown Bypass and Lower Silver Lake Road.
It’s yet another sign that construction is moving forward on the 5,500-square-foot convenience store and gas station, which is expected to open later this year.
As part of a stipulation agreement between the township and the developer to build the store, the Newtown Wawa will incorporate solar panels into its design to capture the sun's energy and help power the store.
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The solar panels were requested by Newtown Township Supervisor Elen Snyder who changed her vote on the project after the developer, Provco Pinegood LLC, agreed to the condition.
The solar-powered store is expected to be among the first, if not the first, in the convenience store chain to utilize solar power in its design.
For years, the convenience store chain has had its eye on the Newtown area, the only larger community in Bucks County not served by the Southeastern Pennsylvania-based chain. The closest stores to Newtown are in Yardley Borough and in Northampton Township.
The family-owned business based in Delaware County is known for its hoagies, freshly- brewed coffee, the “Sizzli” − a hot breakfast sandwich - dinner items including burgers, fries and pizza along with soups, sides and snacks, and a full line of hot, iced and frozen specialty beverages. Wawa also carries more than 6,000 items including groceries, tobacco and candy.
George Wood founded the Wawa Dairy in 1902 in Delaware County, to bottle fresh milk products from certified Guernsey cows. The Wawa Dairy produced and delivered certified Wawa milk to the doorsteps of homes throughout the Philadelphia region. Its milk and cream products were of the highest quality and received the highest accolades from physicians and consumers.
The first Wawa Food Market opened on April 16, 1964, in Folsom. By 1969, the first stores in New Jersey and Delaware opened, and Wawa Kitchens were offering foods like hamburgers and fried chicken.
In the decades since, the company has grown to become a gas station chain as well as convenience store chain. It has 1,095 locations spread across Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Florida, North Carolina, and Washington, D.C., with stores coming soon to Ohio, Tennessee, Kentucky and Indiana.