Two questions need to be answered about the Amazon project that may be in Churchill (“Debate continues over possible Amazon site in Churchill”). Why does Amazon need this place so badly? Is Amazon not doing fine in the Pittsburgh area with its current facilities?
The other question is, what if this place turns out to be a flop? Ten years from now, Amazon may find a new way to distribute that does not include Churchill. Because Amazon goes through so many employees, it may “cycle through” so many people that it has a hard time finding anyone to work for the company. Amazon itself could go bankrupt or out of business.
Then Churchill is stuck with a huge building that needs guarded, with a lot of runoff causing flooding, and other companies have their own facilities and likely will not want it. Who will pay to demolish it? It’s a worse situation than now, because the green space absorbs a lot of stormwater, and the paved areas are smaller.
That is why I say I do not want Amazon in this area.
Robert J. Connor
Penn Hills