Dollar Tree Enters Week of Judgement

Over the next seven days, the highly-controversial proposal to build a one-million-square-foot distribution center on Stone Road will be voted on during two meetings of town commissions, possibly giving Dollar Tree the green light to break ground.

Initially expressing wishes to begin construction sometime in April, the Fortune 500 company is weeks behind in its plans to increase distribution efficiency throughout New England and Southern Canada.

A group of Rainbow residents, who have now formed to create the group Save Windsor's Neighborhoods, are greatly responsible for the project's delays.

First it was pointing out a procedural oversight and forcing a public hearing.

Then it was turning out in such great numbers (along with legal representation) to the public hearing, .

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The continuation of the public hearing, along with everything originally scheduled for the April 5 Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Commission meeting, will take place Tues., May 1.

During the April 5 meeting, Dollar Tree representatives refused to release the results of soil testing conducted on the site in question.

While Dollar Tree admitted to finding chlordane and dieldrin, two known carcinogens, the .

Provided the IWWC holds a vote on Tuesday, the Town Planning and Zoning Commission will meet to vote on Dollar Tree's application on Mon., May 8.

The IWWC unanimously voted to approve Dollar Tree's application, saying they found the project will have minimal impact on the wetlands.

The commission's decision was later rescinded to allow for a public hearing, which will be followed by a vote.

Click here to view the agenda for Tuesday's IWWC meeting.