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Chicopee plans to remove 2 dams in Szot Park, eliminating ponds
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CHICOPEE – The city is starting a three-year project that will change the look of Szot Park, eliminate a potential safety hazard to the community’s electrical system and improve water quality for the Chicopee River and Abbey Brook.
State and local officials recently unveiled a plan that will remove two dams that create the two ponds in Szot Park and replace the seriously-undersized culvert that runs under Front Street and leads to the Chicopee Electric Light property.
“It is returning the waterway back to its natural state,” said Ronald S. Amidon, commissioner for the state Department of Fish and Game.
Chicopee Council approves funding to clean up remaining buildings at Uniroyal
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11/16/2020 -Chicopee- A view of the former Uniroyal plant West Main and Oak Streets. (Don Treeger / The Republican)
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CHICOPEE A project to complete the cleanup of the old Uniroyal factory campus will move forward with an infusion of $870,000 from the City Council.
“We are getting closer and closer to redeveloping Uniroyal-Facemate, which is really exciting for the city of Chicopee,” Mayor John L. Vieau said.
In July 2019 the City Council approved a $2 million bond to clean asbestos and other hazardous waste from the remaining larger buildings at Uniroyal and to clean and raze the former power plant, which is the most contaminated building on the 72-acre property.
Chicopee City Hall auditorium restored, open for public meetings for the first time since 2003
Updated Mar 10, 2021;
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CHICOPEE – For the first time in many years the City Hall’s auditorium was open for business after a renovation corrected structural problems and allowed it to be turned into a meeting space complete with high-tech audio and video equipment.
The newly-renovated auditorium was first seen last week when the City Council held its regularly-scheduled meeting in the room on Tuesday. The School Committee followed on Wednesday and the equipment will allow all boards and commissions to broadcast their meetings with just the flick of a switch.
Chicopee City Council agrees to 2nd phase of City Hall renovations
Updated Feb 01, 2021;
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CHICOPEE – City Councilors overwhelmingly agreed they are interested in moving forward with a second phase to rehabilitate City Hall as construction on the crucial first phase comes to a close.
While the about $14.2 million first phase of the project focused on shoring up the tower and most of the exterior stone and brickwork that was crumbling, repairing the slate roof, replacing the heating, ventilation and air conditioning system, installing new windows and renovating the auditorium, the second phase of the project would focus on less crucial areas of the building.