The town’s Conservation Commission has until May 23 to make its final decision on a controversial wetlands application for the construction of a large distribution center. On Monday, the commission met at the Shepardson Community Center to begin deliberations on the application after closing the hearing last month, a hearing that spanned five meetings and nearly three months. It did so before a packed house full of residents opposed to the plan by Drubner Equities, LLC of Waterbury to build a 750,000 square foot distribution facility on the campus of what is currently the Timex Corp. world headquarters off Christian Road. Residents fear that the massive distribution center, with trucks rolling in 24-7, will destroy their community’s small-town feel. They are appealing to the commission’s “conservation consciousness” and to reject the application.
Middlebury Neighbors fighting proposed distribution center at Timex Corp.