Concerned residents gathered together in opposition to Montgomery’s largest proposed building projects at Montgomery village hall on March 13, led by the Wallkill River Watershed Alliance and Orange County Planning Commissioner David Church.

Residents packed the little village meeting room to voice their concerns about Medline and Project Sailfish, two million-plus-square-foot warehouses proposed in the Town of Montgomery. They also expressed concern about the recently proposed BHT-Montgomery, an auto sales lot near Browns Road.

“[BHT] is absurd to be allowed anywhere near a stream or an aquifer,” Church said.

Residents are concerned about groundwater pollution, storm water run-off, wildlife, visual, noise, property value, traffic and quality of life impacts.

The residents also discussed the possibility of forming a Tin Brook Watershed Alliance, which would be led by the Wallkill alliance.

Wallkill River Watershed Alliance Jason West said the Tin Brook alliance’s main focus would be to protect the watershed in the face of development, but it would also conduct water quality samples and educate the public.

“Our waterways are the barometer of what we’re doing on the land,” West said.

To join or learn more about the Tin Brook Alliance, contact West at wallkillalliance@gmail.com.