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Two proposals made to redevelop former Uniroyal property in Chicopee

City of Chicopee
The former Uniroyal factory complex in Chicopee, Massachusetts is seen in this undated photograph.

Millions spent to remove hazardous materials from the site

Two proposals have been made for what would be one of the largest brownfield mill redevelopment projects in New England.

Officials in Chicopee, Massachusetts are reviewing two detailed development proposals for the former Uniroyal property.

The former tire factory complex closed in the 1980s. The city spent about $40 million over more than a decade to raze some of the buildings and clean the entire site of chemicals and other hazardous materials.

WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill spoke with Chicopee City Planner Lee Pouliot about what happens now.

The record-setting tenure of Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno. The 2011 tornado and its recovery that remade the largest city in Western Massachusetts. The fallout from the deadly COVID outbreak at the Holyoke Soldiers Home. Those are just a few of the thousands and thousands of stories WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill has covered for WAMC in his nearly 17 years with the station.