Falls Township Lures NJ Company. Find Out Its History

FALLS TOWNSHIP, PA —A New Jersey tour company is coming to the township.

Following a conditional use hearing, Falls Township Supervisors recently greenlighted plans to relocate a touring company from Hamilton, N.J., to Falls Township.

The third-generation family business Starr Tours will move its corporate headquarters to a five-acre site located at 394 Lincoln Highway, the site of a former car dealership.

Starr Tours owners Peter and Sandy Borowsky, of Lower Makefield, told supervisors that their
children attended Pennsbury schools and want to be closer to home.

Sandy’s grandfather began the business, which primarily focuses on motor coaches, in 1947.

“Our tours go all over the country,” Peter said, noting that the tour side is 50 percent of their business.

Starr Tours also rents buses to groups, takes students on field trips, and picks up school groups flying in for a visit to the East Coast.

Visit Bucks County President/CEO Paul Bencivengo wrote in support of Starr Tours ahead of the meeting.

In his letter, Bencivengo said Bucks County welcomes 8.2 million visitors each year, which
generates $1.2 billion in economic impact and supports the county’s hospitality workforce of 28,675
employees.

“Continued economic development of Bucks County’s business community is real and important,”
Bencivengo wrote.

Starr Tours employs 100 full and part-time employees, including office staff, tour directors, and
maintenance staff. The site will not operate like a transit facility, the couple emphasized.

“You have a vehicle coming and going sort of throughout the day,” he said. “All the jobs and tours are all happening at different times.”

Some tour attendees may choose the Falls site as a pickup location, while others may opt to join the
tour from elsewhere, including Mercer County, Philadelphia, and other stops in Bucks County, Peter said.

Sandy estimates that on any given day, Starr Tours would have at most 15 vehicles parked there by folks taking a tour.

As part of the site redevelopment, Starr Tours plans to add wash bays totaling slightly less than 5,000
square feet, in addition to the existing maintenance bays.

The couple’s attorney, Ed Murphy, told the board that site improvements planned would address
concerns that people have about lighting, as well as entry and exit of the property.

Upgrades will ensure that the site is “harmonious with all the other buildings in the area,” Murphy said.

Supervisor Chairman Jeff Dence called the move a great opportunity for the township.

“It’s a really great business,” Dence said. “It’s going to be a good fit here in Falls Township.”