Wal-Mart hearing
focus: Traffic [The Kentucky Post]
Wal-Mart contends that it needs the
new store because its store on Houston Road - a few miles away - is so popular
that it has become, in Wal-Mart parlance, "overshopped."
Wal-Mart gets an
earful [The Cincinnati Enquirer]
They packed the bleachers, carried
handmade posters and brought a petition with more than 4,000 signatures.
Residents opposed to a Wal-Mart Supercenter at the intersection of U.S. 42 and
Weaver Road in Florence made sure the Boone County Planning Commission heard
them Wednesday night.
Hundreds attend
proposed Florence Wal-Mart meeting [WCPO-9 (Ohio)]
Hundreds of people
showed up Wednesday night to see what Wal-Mart has planned for a busy
intersection in Florence. Residents' biggest concern about the proposed Wal-Mart
at U.S. 42 and Weaver Road is traffic.
Kentucky Site Fight: Hundreds Attend Wal-Mart Meeting
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Wal-Mart Watch, August 2, 2007
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