Do You Support a New Amazon Warehouse in Stoughton?

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This week, Massachusetts officials announced that a proposal to turn an abandoned Stoughton warehouse into a giant Amazon.com distribution center resulted in tax breaks for the company and for the town.

The company aims to upgrade the former Reebok distribution facility at 1,000 Technology Center Dr. in Stoughton. The new facility will act as a package handling “pass through” location from larger distribution centers onto trucks and will service the New England region. The company plans to invest $20 million to upgrade the facility and fit with approximately $17 million in machinery and equipment.

Stoughton officials, meanwhile, said the company aims to open about 125 full-time jobs with an average annual income of $45,000 each. The project would also open the door for potentially hundreds of part-time jobs during peak shopping seasons. Officials, including State Sen. Brian A. Joyce (D-Milton), have applauded the move to bring Amazon into town.

We want to know: What do you think of Amazon coming to Stoughton and upgrading the old Reebok distribution center? Do you think it will be of benefit to the town? Why or why not? Let us know by voting in the poll below and weigh in with additional thoughts in the comments section! (Curious about how our new commenting platform, Disqus, works? Learn more about it here and start interacting with your neighbors on Patch.)