Dream Green Eyes Expansion in Adams
ADAMS, Mass. — The town will consider whether to approve a special tax assessment agreement for Dream Green Recycling at a special town meeting anticipated for the fall.
The recycling company helps people rid of bulky waste including mattresses, electronics, and appliances through a door-to-door pickup service across Western Mass, Springfield, Vermont, New York, and New Hampshire.
Most recently, Dream Green received the International Secure Information Governance & Management Association and National Association for Information Destruction certification so it is able to provide data destruction and data-scrubbing.
According to its website, Dream Green is one of 62 permitted mattress recyclers in the country, and Western Mass's only state Environmental Protection Agency 608 certified refrigerant recovery facility.
The business, owned by Kyle Danforth, Dan Haskins, and Patrick Kennedy, has operated from leased facilities at 15 Printworks Drive in Adams and a 10,000-square-foot facility in Pittsfield.
However, they hope to expand the Adams building and move everything they do in Pittsfield back to Adams. Yesterday, they purchased 15 Printworks Drive from Shaker Mountain Properties, marking the first step in a planned expansion.
Over the years the company has diversified its services based on the needs of the community, becoming a one-stop-shop for recycling, Danforth said.
The expansion is anticipated to increase its annual recycling throughput by about 800 tons.
The center's plans will not affect the other two tenants that operate out of the building, they told the Select Board last week.
The recycling center has been at 15 Printworks Drive since 2024, but the multi-tenant building is also the headquarters for two other businesses, Top Tier Elite LLC and Revelation IT Services LLC.
The trio intend to renovate and upgrade the facility with an estimated capital investment of approximately $1.2 million to $1.8 million.
This includes the acquisition of the facility and expansion of recycling services including mattresses, electronic waste, metals, appliances, and a longer-term goal of adding solar panel recycling.
The current assessed valuation of the site is $741,000, resulting in $15,938.91 in annual property taxes.
If approved, the incremental tax assessment agreement would provide Dream Green Recycling with a temporary exemption from real estate taxes during its expansion under the following schedule:
- Fiscal year 2027: 100 percent
- Fiscal year 2028: 100 percent
- Fiscal year 2029: 75 percent
- Fiscal year 2030: 75 percent
- Fiscal year 2031: 50 percent
- Fiscal year 2032: 50 percent
- Fiscal year 2033: 25 percent
This expansion will provide an economic benefit to the town with not only the retention of its four full-time permanent jobs in town but also the creation of 12 new full-time permanent positions, the owners said.
The site is one of the few properties in the area where expansion is permitted under current zoning regulations because a previous owner, MRA, obtained approval for an expansion plan from the former Industrial Development Board.
Although that project was never built, the approved plan established the site's development parameters in the business park. Dream Green Recycling plans to expand the facility within those previously approved restrictions.
Board members expressed optimism about the proposed expansion but acknowledged that securing voter approval for the special tax assessment agreement could be challenging.
"I'm hoping, honestly, with services that we provide in town, we do a lot of work in Adams, we pick up a lot of residents, and we try to offer the lowest price we can. If you look around, I mean, we are by far the cheapest of everything we do," Danforth said.
He added that the company's goal is to give back to the community and invest in the town's long-term success.
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