Churchill Council on Tuesday voted in favor of a controversial Amazon warehouse in their residential community. Council voted 5-2, with council members Adam McDowell and Norma Greco opposing the development. The vote comes after a 14-day public hearing that included more than 55 hours of testimony — and about a
Julia Felton | Tribune-Review
Kate Carrigan Hill helped organize multiple protests against a potential Amazon distribution center in Churchill, specifically voicing concerns about the lack of in-person participation at public meetings and the public hearing.
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Discussion during the first day of a public hearing regarding a potential Amazon distribution center in Churchill revolved mostly around traffic, a concern voiced by many residents for months.
Texas-based Hillwood Development has proposed building a 2.6 million-square-foot distribution and logistics facility for Amazon at the former site of the George Westinghouse Research Park in Churchill.
Residents hesitant as Amazon moves ahead with plans for 634,000-square-foot warehouse
Stretching several football fields long, it is now the largest building in Allegheny County.
As part of an extensive distribution network, the online retail giant would like to build a similar facility on the abandoned 133-acre Westinghouse Research Complex off the Parkway East in Churchill. But some in the borough say the facility has no place in a residential community.
“There is no neighborhood in any part of this country that I can think that would say bring on Amazon and put it in the middle of our houses, our neighborhood, our streets, our kids. You don’t do that,” said Kate Carrigan Hill of Churchill