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| 60-116 West Dudley Town Road, Bloomfield, is the site of another proposed warehouse. Google Maps satellite view shown above. |
There's a new mega warehouse coming to town in Bloomfield, if Missouri-based NorthPoint Development LLC has its way.
NorthPoint has requested a special permit to construct a 521,886-square-foot warehouse with 118 loading docks, 206 trailer parking spaces and 361 car parking spaces, at 60-116 West Dudley Road in Bloomfield. A 15,750-square-foot building that now sits on the property would be demolished, the Hartford Business Journal reports.
As seen in the Google Maps satellite view above, there are considerable woodlands at and around 60-116 West Dudley Road. The HBJ article doesn't acknowledge how many acres of habitat would be destroyed for the massive warehouse.
As seen in the Google Maps satellite view above, there are considerable woodlands at and around 60-116 West Dudley Road. The HBJ article doesn't acknowledge how many acres of habitat would be destroyed for the massive warehouse.
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| New: Click here for Apr 3 Hartford Courant Story |
The project was supposed to be the subject of a Planning & Zoning hearing recently but had to be postponed due to lack of a quorum. The new hearing date is April 4, at 7 pm.
NorthPoint's application is being handled by Robinson & Cole attorney Thomas P. Cody, who also handled the mammoth warehouse proposal that Willington residents rejected in August. (See also this Courant article.)
Bloomfield residents must speak up against the warehouse for all the same reasons that other Connecticut communities object to becoming home to massive warehouse operations:
Now What? Bloomfield Residents Must Speak Up Against the Warehouse By April 3 at 7 pm
NorthPoint Development and Robinson & Cole may think the people of Bloomfield will just roll over or not pay attention to the proposal. Show them they're wrong and that Bloomfield is not going to sell out to developers who couldn't care less about Bloomfield, Connecticut, or the environment.
Bloomfield residents must speak up against the warehouse for all the same reasons that other Connecticut communities object to becoming home to massive warehouse operations:
- the truck traffic, pollution & noise;
the decline in property values; - the eyesore;
- the false claims of property tax revenue and jobs (of what quality?) that will save the town from ruin;
- the adverse impact to the air quality, water quality, flooding, and wildlife; and
- the loss of the very habitat that the climate emergency requires us to preserve.
How to weigh in?
Send an email to Bloomfield's Planning & Zoning Commission and staff. Copy and paste the same message to each using their contact forms. Links below.
When? Before 7 pm on April 3.
Who to contact?
- Justin LaFountain, Planning & Zoning Staff
- Byron Lester, Planning & Zoning Commission Secretary
- Barry Berson, Planning & Zoning Commission Chair
- Stephen Millette, Planning & Zoning Commission Member
- The other members do not have contact links, but names are listed here.
What to say?
- Say that you're a Bloomfield resident writing to oppose NorthPoint Development's proposed warehouse on West Dudley Road.
- Then take a few sentences to say why you oppose it (see above for ideas), and how the warehouse will negatively impact you, your family, and Bloomfield overall.
- Urge the Planning & Zoning Commission to reject the warehouse proposal. Remind them that hundreds of the world's top scientists just released another climate report warning that the time to act on climate is running out. Destroying forests and natural habitat for a massive warehouse and gas guzzling, emissions spewing trucks is the last thing Bloomfield, Connecticut, or the planet needs.
- Add your closing (thank you, sincerely, etc) and include your name and street if you are comfortable.
"The climate time-bomb is ticking. Our world needs climate action on all fronts — everything, everywhere, all at once. We have never been better equipped to solve the climate challenge, but we must move into warp speed climate action now. We don’t have a moment to lose."
- UN Secretary-General António Guterres, March 20, 2023
What else?
- The Community has power. Use it! Get your neighbors, family and friends from Bloomfield involved and ask them to send an email opposing the warehouse project too.
- Attend the April 4 Zoom hearing at 7 pm and take the opportunity to voice your opposition. See the April 3 TPZ meeting agenda for how to tune in to and speak at the hearing.
- Look at NorthPoint Development's application and plans for yourself here, although the plans are hard to read online. Application Plans