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Environmental Studies/Information
Pioneer Valley Planning Commission Valley Vision 4:
Urban Tree Canopy Cover Assessment for the City of Chicopee
Pioneer Valley Planning Commission Valley Vision 4:
The Regional Land Use Plan for the
Pioneer Valley. February 2014
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FY2018 - Community-Wide Assessment Grants Proposal
Urban Tree Canopy Cover Assessment for the City of Chicopee
Pioneer Valley Planning Commission Valley Vision 4:
This is the Grant proposal that the City of Chicopee submitted to get money to clean up the Brownfields and do other community projects. On Pages 4 and 5, ii. Cumulative Environmental Issues, and iii. Cumulative Public Health Impacts are of particular interest. This report highlights some very important environmental concerns. Click on the above picture to open the report.
Urban Tree Canopy Cover Assessment for the City of Chicopee
Urban Tree Canopy Cover Assessment for the City of Chicopee
Urban Tree Canopy Cover Assessment for the City of Chicopee
Assessing Urban Tree Canopy Cover in the City of Chicopee from a Climate Change Perspective. Prepared for: The City of Chicopee, Massachusetts and was Prepared by: Pioneer Valley Planning Commission. This report documents the benefits of maintaining and increasing the healthy tree canopy for the City of Chicopee. Click on the above picture to open the report.
What Is a Greenfield Development?
What Is a Greenfield Development?
Urban Tree Canopy Cover Assessment for the City of Chicopee
A greenfield development is a real estate construction project on previously undeveloped land. Examples of typical greenfield development sites are:
- Agricultural fields.
- Forest land.
- Unused land parcels.
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How is Land Protected?
What Is a Greenfield Development?
How is Land Protected?
Our citizens have a right to the quality of life that clean water and undeveloped open space can provide. Which is mandated by Article 97 of the state constitution.
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Asthma Capitals 2019
What Is a Greenfield Development?
How is Land Protected?
Springfield Area is #1 for lung issues in the United States. Ten people die every day from asthma. That is 10 too many. Most asthma-related deaths are preventable with proper management, access to adequate medical care, housing improvements and better air quality. Asthma is one of the most prevalent chronic diseases in our nation. Click on the above picture to read the report.
Asthma Capitals 2021
2004 FINAL WESTOVER JOINT LAND USE STUDY (JLUS) REPORT
2004 FINAL WESTOVER JOINT LAND USE STUDY (JLUS) REPORT
Springfield Area has dropped from #1 (2019 report) to #12 (2021 report) for lung issues in the United States. The Asthma Capitals™ report ranks 100 cities in the continental U.S. based on these health outcomes: asthma prevalence, emergency department visits for asthma, and deaths due to asthma. We also examine risk factors that contribute to these outcomes. Risk factors include poverty, air pollution, access to specialist medical care, pollen counts, medicine use, tobacco policies, and the rate of uninsured residents. Click on the above picture to read the report.
2004 FINAL WESTOVER JOINT LAND USE STUDY (JLUS) REPORT
2004 FINAL WESTOVER JOINT LAND USE STUDY (JLUS) REPORT
2004 FINAL WESTOVER JOINT LAND USE STUDY (JLUS) REPORT
Final Westover JLUS report from 2004
Prepared by the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission 26 Central St. West Springfield, MA 01089
Prepared for U.S. Department of Defense, Office of Economic Adjustment
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Time for procrastinating without action is over
2004 FINAL WESTOVER JOINT LAND USE STUDY (JLUS) REPORT
Time for procrastinating without action is over
Time for procrastinating without action is over. Article in The Daily Hampshire Gazette by Columnist Marty Nathan July 7, 2021
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More to come
More to come
Time for procrastinating without action is over
More coming soon
City Councilor Contact Information
This information was taken from the City of Chicopee, MA website.
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Please, be respectful when contacting any member of city government.
Councilors-at-Large
- Frank N. Laflamme, Vice President Phone 413-592-0474
- Gerard (Jerry) Roy Phone 413-593-9506
- James K. Tillotson Phone 413-593-9374
- Robert J. Zygarowski Phone 413-594-6078
Ward Councilors
- Ward 1: Joel McAuliffe Phone 413-459-0054
- Ward 2: Shane D. Brooks, President Phone 413-530-2347
- Ward 3: Lucjan Galecki Phone 413-885-6419
- Ward 4: George A. Balakier Phone 413-594-813
- Ward 5: Frederick T. Krampits Phone 413-592-1950
- Ward 6: Derek Dobosz Phone 413-557-8981
- Ward 7: William Courchesne Phone 413-531-7555
- Ward 8: Gary R. Labrie Phone 413-538-9575
- Ward 9: StanWalczak Phone 413-532-9729
New England Travels
CCC Company 1156 - Chicopee Falls, Mass. by Jacqueline T. Lynch
But if you’re looking for evidence of the CCC camp at the Chicopee State Park, just walk around the park. The camp buildings are gone, abandoned in June 1937, replaced by a stand of second-growth forest. The trails and the beach and water are there for us to enjoy. As for most of the state and national parks and forests, that is monument enough.
This is an excerpt taken from Jacqueline T. Lynch's article.
Slate Conservation Area
Slate Conservation Area
Chicopee Open Space and Recreation Plan (OSRP) Jan 7, 2019
This is the link to the open space and recreation report filed by Mayor Richard J. Kos April 30,2015.
The document is 117 pages in length. I have taken excerpts from this document which follow.
It is a very interesting read. Enjoy.
Taken from page 83, Chicopee Open Space and Recreation Plan April 30, 2015
Bike and Pedestrian Accessibility
A need for bike paths ranked as the top priority for city improvements among survey respondents (58.9%). Alternative modes of transportation including bike paths, bike lanes, and multi-purpose trails were important or somewhat important to 73.6% of respondents. An overwhelming 85.4% said they support the development of new greenways and multi-use paths in the city. When asked where should multi-use paths be located, 55.1% said within existing neighborhoods, 51.2% said on the Chicopee River, 43.5% said on the Connecticut River, and 32.5% said on Memorial Drive. At the neighborhood meetings, a strong desire to see paths along the Connecticut and Chicopee Rivers were expressed. Chicopee’s unique location at the confluence of two major rivers was recognized as special and meaningful. Residents expressed frustration about the very limited access to these rivers and were agitated about delays in the design and construction of the Connecticut Riverwalk and Bikeway and the continuance of the Chicopee Canal and Riverwalk beyond Grape Street.
Taken from page 84, Chicopee Open Space and Recreation Plan April 30, 2015
Land Conservation
Conserving forests, farms and wildlife habitat was the second highest priority among survey respondents
(50.4%) after a need for bike paths, with only 3.7% stating no need to conserve any more of these areas. When asked to rank priorities relative to open space preservation, 72.8% noted land should be preserved for conservation purposes, whereas most believed land should be preserved for recreation and outdoor education purposes: active recreation (76.8%), access or outdoor recreation (75.8%), passive recreation (75.4%), and access to rivers, streams and ponds (74.6%). In another question, 79.1% believe open space for conservation to be very important or somewhat important. And, 47.6% stated there is not enough open space (forests, wetlands, agriculture lands, natural areas, undeveloped land) in Chicopee protected from development.
When asked what respondents would be willing to do to preserve land in Chicopee, 57.7% said they would
“encourage my city councilor to vote for city-supported land acquisitions,” and 39.8% said they would
“volunteer on a committee/board.”
Taken from page 85, Chicopee Open Space and Recreation Plan April 30, 2015
Facilities and Improvements
The most heavily visited parks include Szot, Rivers, and Sarah Jane Parks. When asked why respondents have not visited certain parks, 47.6% stated “facilities do not provide equipment/space for activities I’m interested in.” Residents recognized a need for investment in bike routes (off road and roadway shoulders), sidewalks, walking/jogging paths, trees, and safety (crime related). The need for a dog park was articulated in both the survey and neighborhood meetings. Pet waste is a problem throughout city parks and on sidewalks that needs to be addressed.
Taken from page 91, Chicopee Open Space and Recreation Plan April 30, 2015
Open Space
From a biodiversity conservation perspective, NHESP recommends land protection in the BioMap2 cores or protecting land adjacent to existing conservation land, or a combination of both when feasible. All of the areas identified as Core Habitat and Critical Natural Landscape as noted in the environmental inventory in Section 4 are important for biodiversity protection in Chicopee. However, lands around Westover Air Reserve Base with dry habitats on sand support specialized species and habitats that are uncommon in interior Massachusetts, making them focus areas for biodiversity protection. These areas combined with wetland habitat on the northern edges of the airfield make future protection of these lands very important for preserving biodiversity of the region. In addition, the buffers along the Connecticut and Chicopee Rivers and Stoney and Fuller Brooks help maintain these important aquatic habitats, all their aspects of biodiversity, and the water quality humans need, making protection of the remaining buffers along the waterways a high priority.