Welcome to a new edition of "The Ink-stained Wretch" with G. Michael Dobbs. In this episode I speak with Mayor John Vieau of Chicopee, MA. Chicopee has a fascinating history as a classic new England water power mill town that also was for many years the home of Westover Air Force Base, an important Strategic Air Command base, home of B-52 bombers.

When the base was made into a reserve base, the city wound up with a lot of excess property which it turned into a successful industrial park, attracting new industries and jobs.

Mayor Vieau spoke about a number of issues confronting the city from traffic safety to the redevelopment of the former Uniroyal Tire plant to turning the massive Cabotville complex into apartments.

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