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Chicopee zone change requested to create new industrial park near state park


Chicopee zone change requested to create new industrial park near state park
Updated Jan 26, 2021;
CHICOPEE – A development corporation that has built two industrial parks in the city is proposing to create a third one on about 90 acres located off Sheridan Street and next to Chicopee State Park.
The proposal from the Westover Metropolitan Development Corporation is being opposed by multiple residents of Slate Road and Nawrocki Drive who called the plan a “horrible idea” that would destroy forested land that is used often for recreation and create more traffic on the already-busy Sheridan Street.
The non-profit corporation, which also operates Air Park West and Air Park North in Chicopee and Air Park East in Ludlow, purchased 57.4 acres from the city in 2009 for $1.45 million. That will be joined with about 30 acres that was purchased from the Tarnow Nursery property off Sheridan Street after the company closed in 2015, said Michael Bolton, president and chi ....

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