Editing West Chester, Pennsylvania (section)

==Culture and media==
The West Chester Public Library has provided library services to area residents since 1872. It currently has a collection of 50,000 items and receives 110,000 visits every year.<ref>{{cite web|title=Short History|url=http://wcpubliclibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/WCPL-Short-History.pdf|publisher=West Chester Public Library|access-date=November 25, 2014|archive-date=October 5, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141005085318/http://wcpubliclibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/WCPL-Short-History.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Francis Harvey Green Library on the university campus has additional collections.<ref>{{cite web|title=University Libraries|url=https://www.wcupa.edu/_services/STU/ramsEyeView/library.aspx|publisher=[[West Chester University]]|access-date=February 12, 2021}}</ref>

The ''[[Daily Local News]]'', headquartered in West Chester, covers Chester County events.<ref>{{cite web|title=Daily Local News|url=http://www.dailylocal.com/|publisher=[[Daily Local News]]|access-date=November 25, 2014}}</ref> [[WCHE]] (1520 AM) broadcasts from downtown West Chester and is a local commercial radio station that provides news and entertainment to Chester County. ''The Quad'' is the student-run newspaper of West Chester University. Published since 1932, it covers not only campus events, but also regional and national news.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Quad: About|url=http://www.wcuquad.com/about/#sthash.URQqF17u.dpbs|publisher=The Quad|access-date=November 25, 2014}}</ref> Radio station [[WCUR]] (91.7 FM) broadcasts from the borough and is managed by university students.<ref>{{cite web|title=91.7 WCUR The Curve|url=http://www.wcur.org/|publisher=[[WCUR]]|access-date=November 25, 2014}}</ref>

The flag of West Chester was officially adopted by Borough Council and debuted in early 2019, after a contest sponsored by local business The Fence Authority.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Green |first=Leigh |date=9 September 2018 |title=Fence Authority Partners with Borough in Creating Official Flag for Downtown West Chester |url=https://www.west-chester.com/DocumentCenter/View/8005/Press-Release_-West-Chester-Best--Flag-Forward-Contest |website=west-chester.com}}</ref> The winning design was created by Julie Allen. The six gold ribbons on the flag represent the [[History of West Chester, Pennsylvania|six original streets]] of West Chester: Market, Gay, High, Chestnut, Walnut, and Church. The flag is in the official colors of the borough, Pantone Blue 7455C and Pantone Gold 123C.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnstone |first=Malcolm |date=2019-02-28 |title=The West Chester Flag: creating a local symbol |url=https://www.downtownwestchester.com/news/the-west-chester-flag-creating-a-local-symbol/ |access-date=2024-08-01 |website=Downtown West Chester PA |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=20 March 2019 |title=Ordinance-2019-04--Flag--West-Chester-Borough |url=https://west-chester.com/DocumentCenter/View/9438/Ordinance-2019-04--Flag--West-Chester-Borough |access-date=31 July 2024 |website=west-chester.com}}</ref>