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Post by shortcircuit on May 5, 2008 17:56:47 GMT -4
Looks like there has been alot of equipment working at the wal mart site.
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Post by coosa on May 5, 2008 18:19:13 GMT -4
I think I will wear my wal mart bags and go and stand at the job site tomorrow. Maybe I can practice up!!
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Post by summerose on May 5, 2008 20:16:02 GMT -4
I think I will wear my wal mart bags and go and stand at the job site tomorrow. Maybe I can practice up!! LOL! ;D |
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Post by shortcircuit on May 5, 2008 21:43:53 GMT -4
Haha coosa, you can be their first employee.  |
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Post by swissroger on May 5, 2008 23:57:47 GMT -4
lol, only make an pic of that!
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Post by coosa on May 6, 2008 9:06:21 GMT -4
"Welcome to Wal Mart" " Please leave all your money here" "Thank you and come again"
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Post by queenbee on May 6, 2008 9:19:22 GMT -4
Wal-Mart drops another store
The giant retailer has withdrawn plans for a superstore in Forsyth County that had been the subject of a four-year battle with neighboring homeowners.
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Post by swissroger on May 6, 2008 12:53:55 GMT -4
where are those battle neighbors in bville??
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texie
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Post by texie on May 6, 2008 16:43:19 GMT -4
I can't find anyone to battle them with me.
Maybe it's because so many were caught off guard due to:
1. Lamar Paris saying he would NEVER encourage Walmart and
2. Because the Chamber of Commerce said they would not either.
Now both have changed their minds much to the detriment of our family-run business community. So many I know are fearful of their jobs/businesses. It's sad.
Does anyone want to protest?
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Post by queenbee on May 7, 2008 13:13:11 GMT -4
Maddy will, I will.
Coosa will show up and call it a gathering.
We will be a force to reckon with.
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Post by maddy on May 7, 2008 16:44:53 GMT -4
Wal-Mart Sux! (just like their cheap plastic goods)
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Post by coosa on May 7, 2008 18:08:25 GMT -4
I will show up too!! I don't want Wal Mart! Not even for that sexy uniform.
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Post by bb on May 7, 2008 19:20:08 GMT -4
Wal-Mart drops another store The giant retailer has withdrawn plans for a superstore in Forsyth County that had been the subject of a four-year battle with neighboring homeowners. They just opened a HUGE super Walmart in Forsyth County earlier this year. My brother's company supplied the equipment to pre-treat the waste water so it was not toxic and could be accepted into the waste water treatment plant there. |
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Post by summerose on May 7, 2008 20:36:48 GMT -4
Looks like there has been alot of equipment working at the wal mart site. I hope it opens before they say it will.  |
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Post by queenbee on May 8, 2008 15:05:00 GMT -4
Wal-Mart pulls plug on Ga. 141 store plan
Opponents in Forsyth claim victory
By Nancy Badertscher
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 05/08/08
After four years of battling back and forth with nearby homeowners, Wal-Mart is abandoning plans for a superstore on Ga. 141 in Forsyth County.
Company officials said the decision was part of a bigger business strategy, but those who had fought the retailer's plans consider it a victory.
"The little people won out, so to speak," said Lauren Simon, a nearby resident and early opponent.
Simon and other neighbors had argued since 2004 that a Wal-Mart Supercenter was the wrong development for the stretch of Ga. 141 that lies between the Bridle Ridge and Laurel Springs subdivisions. They complained that a big-box store would only add to traffic congestion in the area and be out of place among residential housing.
For their part, Wal-Mart officials said they pulled the plug on the proposed store as part of a plan that was announced in 2007 to more strategically prioritize development of their supercenters.
Just last week, the company announced it was scrapping plans for a 176,000-square-foot supercenter at the corner of Peachtree Industrial Boulevard and Sugarloaf Parkway in Duluth.
Forsyth County Commissioner Brian Tam said a Wal-Mart "was just not an appropriate development in that spot" on Ga. 141.
"I think it's just best for all involved that they [Wal-Mart] move on," Tam said. He said the stretch of Ga. 141 where the retailer wanted to build is best suited for a mixed development that can have an adequate buffer, separating it from the subdivisions.
The fight with Wal-Mart energized some nearby homeowners to form the development watchdog group Smart Growth Forsyth.
In February, a 3-2 majority of the Forsyth County Commission ruled with Smart Growth, overturning a decision last May by the county Zoning Board of Appeals that would have allowed Wal-Mart to build a 175,000-square-foot store and obtain a stream buffer variance.
At that time, Glen Wilkins, Wal-Mart senior manager of public affairs for Georgia, said the plan was to move forward on a 170,000-foot store, with a 15-foot wall that protects the stream and a bridge that allows customers to cross the stream and enter the store.
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