[Vision2020] [Spam] Re: downtown: Moscow/Pullman Hwy. Mall?

[lfalen]

If a Joint Dairy Research Center is built in this area, It will be out of town, probably at the UI farm at  Genesee. 

Roger
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From: "J Ford" privatejf32 at hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2006 19:14:09 -0700
To: vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: [Spam] Re: [Vision2020] downtown: Moscow/Pullman Hwy. Mall?

> I have a question...when ShopKo went in, people thought that place would do 
> great business and be an economic boon for Pullman.  Didn't happen.  Not 
> even sure how that one stays open.
> 
> Why does anyone think the WalMart being in Pullman will do any better?  And 
> if, well when, that one goes in what will happen to Moscow's?  Will it fail 
> and close?  Then what?  What would happen to that building?  Could UI buy 
> that land back and mayhap use that for the Dairy Project?
> 
> 
> 
> J  :]
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >From: Melissa Hendrickson <hend5953 at uidaho.edu>
> >To: Donovan Arnold <donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com>
> >CC: vision2020 at moscow.com
> >Subject: Re: [Vision2020] downtown: Moscow/Pullman Hwy. Mall?
> >Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2006 12:34:57 -0800
> >
> >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 <donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com>
> >Date: Monday, October 2, 2006 12:23 pm
> >Subject: Re: [Vision2020] downtown: Moscow/Pullman Hwy. Mall?
> >To: Dan Carscallen <areaman at moscow.com>, 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 <areaman at moscow.com> 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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