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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.
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Since April 27, a total of eight nooses have been discovered at the construction site of an Amazon warehouse in Windsor. While Amazon and the companies it s hired to build the massive fulfilment site try to find out who’s responsible for placing the nooses, local Black social justice leaders are criticizing the e-commerce giant’s efforts.
This symbol of hate stresses Keren Prescott out. It reminds her of lynchings, like ones preceding an event that happened 100 years ago this week: the Tulsa massacre.
“Many of our brothers and sisters hung from nooses like the ones that were left here at Amazon,” Prescott said.
Amazon plans 1 million-square-foot warehouse in central Mass.
The warehouse would be a large-scale fulfillment and distribution center, similar to its facility in North Andover. AP Photo/Steven Senne
CHARLTON, Mass. (AP) Online retail giant Amazon plans to build a 1 million-square-foot (93,000-square-meter) warehouse in central Massachusetts, company representatives say.
Brad Griggs of Amazon told the Charlton select board this week that the warehouse would be a large-scale fulfillment and distribution center, similar to a facility operating in North Andover, The Telegram & Gazette reported Wednesday.
The center would bring more than 1,000 full-time jobs, most of which would start at $15 per hour, he said.