Is Hadley Getting a Fair Deal?

Hadley Neighbors has researched what other communities are requiring of developers who want to build Lowe's stores in their communities. Is Hadley getting enough? There are many in town who feel the benefits of the rezone just aren't equal the costs.

What Other Communities Are Getting From Lowe's

In other New England cities and towns, communities have required Lowe's developers to pay for and enact measures to minimize the impacts of these large stores. Here's a sampling from some of the 25 stores that Lowe's has built or is planning to build in New England:

DANVERS, MA
New traffic signals.
Restricted store hours.
High quality light fixtures.

NORTH ATTLEBORO, MA
Traffic study.
New traffic signals.
Donation of $1 per square foot to the town for traffic calming, tree plantings, high quality streetlights and more.
Financial support of master planning assistance for the town.
Wetlands protection.

WOBURN, MA
Extensive traffic mitigation and landscaping.
Required to post a bond to insure mitigation was completed to the town's satisfaction.

WEYMOUTH, MA
Limited delivery hours.
Limited store hours.
Stockade fence as buffer to neighborhood.

WARWICK, RI
Traffic study.
New traffic signals.
Donation of open space buffer area.
"Adopted" a local cemetery.

CRANSTON, RI
Traffic study.
New traffic signals.
Municipal drainage improvements.
Landscaping for neighborhood buffer.
Granite curbs.
Relocated wetlands.