We don't want that Wal-Mart

pgabriel · Sep 22, 2010

Walmart Approved

Over strong neighborhood objections, City Council this morning passed a package of economic development incentives worth more than $6 million for the developer of a future Walmart store near the Heights.

City Councilwoman Anne Clutterbuck offered two amendments to the agreement with Ainbinder Co., strictly limiting the potential taxpayer reimbursements to the company to $6,050,000 for public improvements that include landscaping, a bike trail, and widening, repaving and improving drainage on many of the streets that will surround the Walmart.

The amendments passed unanimously and the updated agreement passed 11-4, with Council Members Ed Gonzalez, James Rodriguez, Melissa Noriega and Jolanda Jones voting no. City officials have said the Walmart, which is expected to be built on an abandoned industrial site bordered by Yale and Koehler Streets, would not open until at least early 2013 under the most optimistic projections.
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edwardc · Sep 22, 2010

Thats a good thing for the area.

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