About Us

Welcome to the home of ChesTech Community Computer Labs. The ChesTech labs are part of the Neighborhood Networks Project of the Chester Housing Authority. The goal of the labs is to increase community access to and knowledge of computers and the skills necessary to succeed.

Get Involved!

ChesTech is always looking for voluteers to assist us at the community computer labs. If you have an interest in getting involved at the labs, take a look at the Calendar, and see if there is a time when you can attend a Drop-In session or other calendar event.

Here are some of the different opportunities to volunteer:
  • Drop-In Center:  
  • Adult Computer Class:
  • Computer "First Aid":  Take a look at the Current Issues page.  There is a list of issues that have been submitted by the users of the lab computers.  If you think you know how to get one or more of these problems solved, go ahead and work on it.  Anything that you can do will help.  If you are able to solve a problem we will have a way to submit what you did, so others can learn from your expertise.  This is a more "behind the scenes" involvement, but it allows you to get hands on experience with the lab computers as well as providing a valuable service to the ChesTech labs.
For more information please contact us at chestech1@gmail.com.

How do I get to the Labs?

The easiest way to travel down to the Bennett or Chatham Labs is to take the Lang Center Shuttle. The shuttle runs daily from Parrish Circle at 4:10 pm, and will take you to where you need to go in Chester. They can also pick you up and have you back to Swarthmore by 7:00 pm. You may need to tell them how to get to where you need to go, so driving directions to the Labs are as follows:

Driving directions to the Bennett Lab:
  • Drive South on 320 (Chester Road) until you reach 9th street
  • Take a Right on 9th street.
  • Take a Right on Norris Drive, and the Bennett Lab is in the building on your right
Driving directions to the Chatham Lab:
  • Drive South on 320 (Chester Road) until you reach 9th street
  • Take a Right on 9th street.
  • Take a Left on Central, and the Chatham Lab will be 2 blocks down on the left.