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Residents press Peoria council over planned Amcor facility in Vistancia, raise health, zoning and water concerns
Summary
Dozens of Vistancia residents used the March 4 public-comment period to urge Peoria officials to reconsider or relocate a proposed Amcor semiconductor packaging and testing facility adjacent to a residential community and charter school, citing building height, undisclosed chemicals, water use and emergency-response concerns.
Dozens of residents of the Vistancia community urged the Peoria City Council on March 4 to reconsider the planned Amcor semiconductor testing and packaging facility that would be sited near homes and a charter school in North Peoria.
Multiple speakers described the project as incompatible with the surrounding neighborhood and raised procedural and technical objections. Speakers repeatedly said the company and city representatives previously described a lower building height during earlier presentations; residents said subsequent information indicates the project will be a much larger structure (residents said the design is equivalent to a 12-story building rather than earlier 50-foot representations) and that the deal lacks protections they expected. Several residents said they and…
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