Charles “Charlie” McKeown

Commissioner

for 7th Ward

Commissioner Charles “Charlie” McKeown has always been there for us.  When Hurricane Isabel struck, Charlie walked the streets at 1:00 a.m. to personally inspect electric lines.  His observations helped PECO restore power to our neighborhoods nearly 48 hours faster than in neighboring communities. 

When residents and business needed additional parking along Central and Ryers Avenues, Charlie led efforts to construct twenty five new parking spaces.  And when Cheltenham residents worried about increased crime, Charlie hired  six extra police officers, created a community police bicycle patrol and started the Town Watch Program in East Cheltenham.

This is the kind of everyday service that Cheltenham residents have come to expect from Charlie McKeown.  During his ten years on the Board of Commissioners Charlie has been one of our community’s most dependable and effective leaders.  From rebuilding the township fire training facility to restoring eroded creek beds, to renovating our neighborhood parks… Charlie has never stopped working to keep Cheltenham Township a great place to live, work and raise a family.

Charlie is a life-long resident of Cheltenham Township, where he and his wife Nancy have raised six children.  Charlie graduated Presentation BVM, Cardinal Dougherty and Pierce Business College, and he managed a successful small business for over twenty years.  An active member of our community, Charlie is a long time volunteer with Cheltenham Little League, the Cheltenham Jay-vees and the Boy and Cub Scouts.