Stop the Tower
Neighbors discovered land clearing during the Covid-19 shutdown and called Pittsfield City Hall and our elected officials to find out what was going on as no one knew. We ended up having to call the construction company to discover a 115 foot cell tower with the capability to house 48 antennas being actively built in our residential neighborhood with a height restriction of 35 feet, surrounded by houses with families, children, elderly, a home based preschool, homemakers and retirees. We discovered no one on these streets (Ora, Alma, Stanton, Fairhaven, Elmer, Plumb, Oliver) were notified. The city did not send the notices by registered mail and has no proof of mailing. There was no transparency or community notification or awareness around this cell tower project. While the address for the cell tower is 877 South Street, it is being built at the top of Alma Street, at the top of a densely populated residential neighborhood. The address is deceptive as two new roads had to be constructed to reach the site, one road illegally constructed through city and public land to access the site quicker and easier. The tower was permitted back in 2017 with only one member of the community present. After the permit expired in 2019, the tower should have been re-permitted to comply with new 2019 regulations, but was not. Without any awareness of the tower, citizens have had no say in the democratic process. As we know about the project now, we have 90 days in which to object to it. This project will forever change the characteristics, the rural beauty and views of our neighborhood, decrease our house and land values, decrease the safety and security, well being and peace of mind that neighbors moved here for. It will introduce a real and documented health and safety risk and put people in the position of having to move when they don’t want to. Please help by liking our page, sharing our posts, signing our change.org petition and donating to our Go Fund Me page as you are able. Thank you for your support!
