[Vision2020] downtown: Moscow/Pullman Hwy. Mall?
Saundra Lund
sslund at adelphia.net
Mon Oct 2 14:59:21 PDT 2006
Hi Mo,
I think your source was correct. According to the Daily News (9/26/2006):
"Hearing Examiner upholds decision on Wal-Mart Supercenter in Pullman
Staff report
Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - Page Updated at 12:00:00 AM
Hearing Examiner John Montgomery has submitted a revised decision in the
Pullman Wal-Mart appeal.
The decision, which Montgomery submitted to the Whitman County Superior
Court Sept. 20, expands his earlier ruling upholding the city's approval of
Wal-Mart's site plan and environmental checklist, and denying the appeals by
the Pullman Alliance for Responsible Development.
PARD filed its appeals in an attempt to block Wal-Mart from building a
223,000-square-foot super center on Bishop Boulevard. The group argued the
store would have significant impacts on traffic, the environment and the
local economy.
Whitman County Superior Court Judge David Frazier ordered Montgomery to
shore up his previous decision with additional findings of fact and
conclusions of law at an appeal hearing in June.
The case is scheduled for a second appeal hearing in front of Frazier at
1:30 p.m. Oct. 18."
Note that the proposed location is on Bishop Blvd. AFAIK, the approved site
plan is site specific, if Pullman's required site plans operate like the
site plans other places :-)
HTH,
Saundra Lund
Moscow, ID
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-----Original Message-----
From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]
On Behalf Of Melissa Hendrickson
Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 2:21 PM
To: Donovan Arnold
Cc: vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] downtown: Moscow/Pullman Hwy. Mall?
I heard recently that they were going to start breaking ground soon across
from Safeway, but maybe my source was wrong. It makes sense for Walmart to
want a central location too bad they need to put in a whole new building,
rather than planning ahead when they built the current store for potential
growth in the future.
This area is not big enough to support
two super walmarts, so I for one am glad there will only be one store
between the two towns. Two super walmarts seems like a little over kill to
me, lets shoot for a little more choice, maybe Target, Fred Meyer, Etc.
Choice is a good thing.
--Mo
----- Original Message -----
From: Donovan Arnold <donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com>
Date: Monday, October 2, 2006 2:00 pm
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] downtown: Moscow/Pullman Hwy. Mall?
To: Melissa Hendrickson <hend5953 at uidaho.edu>
Cc: Dan Carscallen <areaman at moscow.com>, vision2020 at moscow.com
> Mo,
>
> My understanding is that property has already been sold, across from
> Safeway to somebody else. A manager working at Wal-Mart told me it is
> going in next to the new shopping center on the state line because
> they were not able to get a second store on the Troy Highway like
> planned. The original plan was to have a store on the west side of
> Pullman and a store on the east side Moscow. When that failed, they
> wanted one in a more central location to get as much of both markets
> as possible. That makes more sense to me, then to expect everyone to
> drive out to the west side Pullman of give up the business of all of
> Latah and lots of Moscow.
>
> Best,
>
> _DJA
>
> Melissa Hendrickson <hend5953 at uidaho.edu> wrote: The Pullman Super
> Walmart is going in across from Safeway, not just across the border on
> the Moscow/Pullman Highway. So it will not be as convenient as you
> might think to simply stop shopping at Winco and start shopping at the
> Super Walmart.
>
> --Mo
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Donovan Arnold
> Date: Monday, October 2, 2006 12:23 pm
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] downtown: Moscow/Pullman Hwy. Mall?
> To: Dan Carscallen , vision2020 at moscow.com
>
> > Ted,
> >
> > That is where they are going to build the new SuperWalmart.
> >
> > Whitman is just thrilled that Moscow Elites gave them all their
> > future property tax revenues and sales income.
> >
> > I am going to go to the Super Walmart, just like everybody else
> > making less than 50K a year. But I think it is upsetting that
> all
> > the taxes are going to Whitman County instead of to Latah which is
> > why I wanted a store here, it was going to happen anyway.
> The
> > 6% sales tax on food at Winco will be enough to send all the
> > college students the 200 feet west to Super Walmart instead of
> > Winco.
> >
> > Do the math. If Walmart is 5% cheaper than Winco, plus 6% not
> > taxed, that is an 11% difference in price. If a college student
> > spends about $250 a month on groceries, at a wage of $5.15,
> that
> > is 5.3 hours of work saved by going to Wal Mart instead of
> Winco.
> > If a college student works only about 50 hours a month, that is 10%
> > of their wages saved. What college student isn't going make the
> > little effort to save that much of their meager earnings?
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > _DJA
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Dan Carscallen wrote: Ted asks:
> > "Does anyone know if the mall on the Washington St. side of the
> > Moscow/Pullman Hwy. is still going forward?"
> >
> > Yes it is. Here's the site you refer to:
> >
> >
>
http://www.hawkinscompanies.com/fliers/WA_Pullman_Hwy270_AirportRd_F.pdf
> >
> > DC
> >
> >
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