Cheshire Stands Firm Against Cold Storage Facility Plans

Forget the national politics scene, the quickest way for a community in Connecticut to unite in 2025 seems to be after plans for a multi-acre storage or distribution facility in town are announced.

Residents in multiple cities and towns across Western Connecticut have successfully held off plans for huge distribution or storage facilities in the past few years. The battle continues to rage on in Middlebury against a proposed 720,000 square foot build on Christian Road in the old Times building, while Waterbury and Naugatuck recently sold 157 acres of land near the town lines to Amazon. What's coming to Waterbury in the near future? A 3.2 million square foot logistics center and parking garage.

While Waterbury and Naugatuck are commercially busy enough that you may not notice the thousands of commercial vehicles streaming into and out of the Naugatuck Industrial Complex, nearby neighbors in Cheshire have said No to a similar scenario.

Cheshire Votes Against a Proposed Refrigerated Foods Warehouse

According to MSN.com and Fox 61, Cheshire's town council unanimously voted against selling a 58-acre lot in town to a developer for a proposed cold storage facility. Many Cheshire residents were quoted in the article voicing their concerns about increased traffic and noise next to residential areas, and that seems to be the problem everywhere in Connecticut.

There are no more open tracts of unmonetized state land within a reasonable distance from one of our major highways in Connecticut, every inch of land is spoken for in 2025, and there is a constant battle for conservancy for our remaining wetlands, forests, and overall quality of life.