Discussion
3-8-21 Council Notes
Murray Bilby 2424 Churchill Road Tonight I have a short message so I should not need to rush through it. I am still learning and collecting information about the history and challenges of finding the appropriate development for the former Westinghouse R&D...
Background and References
March 3, 2021 The development of the former Westinghouse R&D campus will take place, whether it is Hillwood and the distribution center or another commercial enterprise. To minimize the negative consequences, every resident must invest time to be educated in key...
Newest Hillwood Presentation: February 2021
Here is a link to the most recent Hillwood Presentation dated February 2021: https://www.ecode360.com/documents/CH1558/public/586550174.pdf/ This was prepared for the Churchill Borough Planning Commission.
My Comments on the Borough Zoom Call on March 1, 2021
Murray Bilby 2424 Churchill road This evening I want to address the topography of the former Westinghouse R&D property. These are a few comments from an article to be published tomorrow on the Churchill future.com website. All comments are discussed in more...
Development Should be Based on the Expertise of Westinghouse
In order to support even a single level 639 000 square foot distribution center with the access roads and parking to sustaining, it on the former Westinghouse R&D site requires the equivalent to mountain and hilltop removal for coal mining in West Virginia. The...
Nextdoor and the Churchill Borough Website
This discussion will tie in today’s posting on the Nextdoor community bulletin board and how using the borough website will allow more residents’ access to more of the information that influences us as residents of the borough. Communication and the sharing of...
Developers and the Westinghouse R&D Property
Is the project reasonable for the location? Developers are known to squeeze everyone, architects, contractors, government officials, engineers. The two most obvious ways are to withhold and delay payments, and to threaten legal action. Developers change communities....
Why Amazon (Hillwood) Belongs in an Industrial Park
There is a solid reason that distribution centers belong in dedicated industrial parks. Industrial parks are designed to group businesses together that need a similar infrastructure. Sometimes it is access to water, sometimes to trains, and always to interstate...
Council statement 2-8-21
Council statement 2-8-21 Murray Bilby 2424 Churchill Road If I speak quickly, it is because of the 3-minute limit and the conclusion is most important. Listen carefully to what I say, not what you think I said. Let me state upfront, I think that the Westinghouse...
Planning commission comments 2-3-2021
Not delivered as the video cable was defective, so no video or microphone I am Murray Bilby, 2424 Churchill Road I put a 40-page letter to all residents on a web site called ChurchillFuture.com. Give it a read. We cannot be shocked by the monstrous size of the...