[Vision2020] Hawkins Mall and Moscow

[Matt Decker]

Ted,

A study was made by a local college prof( name escapes me right now), in which he noticed 80 million dollars leaving this area.

So my question is how much will a mall with bigger branched stores bring back to this area, and following areas?

Have a good one
Matt

Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 05:22:39 -0800
From: starbliss at gmail.com
To: godshatter at yahoo.com
CC: vision2020 at moscow.com; rhayes at turbonet.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Hawkins Mall and Moscow

Paul wrote:

 

If it's close enough to need to connect to our water mains,
won't this have the offsetting effect of bringing more Washington state

dollars to our mall, Walmart, fast food joints, etc?  If they're already
over here, won't at least a few people get their groceries at Winco
instead of driving back to Pullman and across the town to get to a

grocery store?

Won't this bring people from out of the area, some of whom will shop
here in Moscow?  
 
Won't many in Moscow and Pullman now shop at the proposed Hawkins mall, reducing their disposable income left over to shop in Moscow?  Some in Moscow will skip the Palouse Mall, for example, to shop across the state line, while some from Pullman will not drive on to the Palouse Mall, after stopping at Hawkins, when before they would go to the Palouse Mall.  We then must assume a growth in average income and/or population in Moscow/Pullman to offset this impact, if the Hawkins development is not to lower consumer spending in Moscow.  This is a competitive development aimed at profit.  They'd be "happy" to put some Moscow businesses under to increase their profits, correct?

 
How far from out of the area the Hawkins development could draw consumers is an interesting question, but Lewiston and Spokane are still going to offer more than Moscow/Pullman, even with the Hawkins development.

 
We can speculate on these effects, but a comprehensive study of whether or not the proposed Hawkins mall will result in more or less consumer spending in Moscow is indicated.  Has such a study been done?
 
Ted Moffett

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