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Wal-Mart says other sites don't meet needs
Wal-Mart says other suggested development sites in Orange fail to meet its criteriaDate published: 6/10/2009 BY ROBIN KNEPPER Seventy-two people told the Orange County Planning Commission May 21 what they thought about a proposal to build a Wal-Mart Supercenter in the Wilderness battlefield area. Two-thirds of the speakers were against the plan, with almost all of them saying they were not opposed to Wal-Mart but to the location, a quarter-mile north of the intersection of State Routes 3 and 20. The same plea was repeated over and over again: Build the Wal-Mart up the road, farther from the Civil War battlefield. The comments indicated widespread belief that there is property farther west on State Route 3 that Wal-Mart could easily build on. That issue could arise again as the Planning Commission prepares to discuss the special-use permit request tomorrow night. Wal-Mart representatives say they have found no other commercially zoned land along the Route 3 corridor in Orange that meets the giant retailer's criteria for a building site. According to Keith Morris, Wal-Mart's director of public affairs, the criteria include: a site that is already commercially zoned and easily accessible to customers; 20-30 acres suitable for the way its Supercenters and parking lots are generally situated, and in one parcel rather than adjoining properties that would need to acquired separately. "We went through a long and exhaustive process finding the store location," Morris said. "We've looked at all that was out there. Some parcels were very small, some had residential or agricultural zoning. We didn't want to go to Orange County with a plan that would conflict with where they want development to occur." PROSPECTS AND PROBLEMS The Orange Supercenter is proposed for 19.5 acres of a 51.5-acre site on the north side of Route 3 that has been zoned commercial since 1973. Those who oppose the proposed location have suggested other possibilities, including 20 acres of commercially zoned land behind the Bloom supermarket across from the entrance to Lake of the Woods. According to the property owner's representative, Wal-Mart rejected that site because of its long and narrow configuration and lack of direct access from Route 3.
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Good Jobs
(posted by
SYNESTHESIA
, June 15, 2009 3:16 pm)
Ok. So the proposed Wall-Mart AKA Chinese Super Store
is looking to open up in the good ol' OC. How many people
will the Wall-Mart employ that will make over 35K a year?
5 - 6 people? How many employee's will be able to survive
just off that low paying job. Will the parking lot have a INS
field station? I hope so. Dont let this proposed project
happen. Bring in real jobs that will make area students
think a little more and have a real goal in life. Wall-Mart
Are you kidding me?
Continued
(posted by
ianrod
, June 11, 2009 2:09 pm)
Bye-bye Wal-Mart but, hello other businesses? Don't you
think others are watching this? Those that have a business
to bring to Orange County and it's lack of services, schools
and other support infrastructure would be crazy. You can't
hire and keep quality workers in today's high-tech jobs in
this environment with Fredricksburg and Culpeper supplying
quality services so close to Orange. And with the
requirement of competing against NoVa's market for
employees? Wal-Marts is a start to bring others.
A couple of points...
(posted by
ianrod
, June 11, 2009 2:06 pm)
1. Thankyouvets, Capitilism and Communism weren't ideas
coined till the late 1800's. The country wasn't built on
Capitalism, it was built on an Agrarian, land owning
economy. 2. Elloramom, it's not about cheap paper towels,
it's about land rights and owning a commercial piece of
property for 30 years then being told what you can and
can't do with it. 3. 20 isn't that bad yet. It's average in the
commonwealth, just because it's busy for rural Orange,
don't expect the state of park service to do anything.
Anti-Capitalists
(posted by
thankyouvets
, June 11, 2009 7:55 am)
We are fast approaching socialism in this country. Last fall a poll was taken (don't remeber specific #'s), so if I'm off by a point or two don't crucify me, but in the poll just over 50% of those polled 52% I think, felt Capitalism was the better way for America, close to 30% felt SOCIALISM was best, and 20% couldn't even decide.
It is sad that we have drifted so far off cource of our founding principles and values.Take a stand for America, and reject socialism. It's not about political party,its Values
Quality of Life
(posted by
Elloramom
, June 11, 2009 12:41 am)
What a shame it would be to build the Walmart there and
become just another Anywhere, USA. Is it really that important
to save ten cents on cheap towels (and get what you pay for)?
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