Chicopee Walmart in Trouble for Trash and Crime

The Walmart on Memorial Drive in Chicopee, which is the chain's second-busiest store, according to an article by Jeanette DeForge on MassLive, is not being a good neighbor.There is overflowing trash and frequent police activity. Neighbors say it has been this way for 15 years. The store applied for a permit to build a 6,315 SF addition to the building and Chicopee residents came out to protest the expansion and complain about current conditions.The meeting was continued for six weeks to give the retailer a chance to get the place in better shape.

16 apartments coming to Chicopee

The Chicopee City Council approved preliminary plans for a 16 unit apartment building on the site of a former Masonic Temple (more recently a thrift store) that burned down in 2017.The vote was 12-0 and while one resident spoke against adding apartments to the city, the council acknowledged that Chicopee, like the rest of Massachusetts, has a housing shortage.Read the full article on MassLive