Mo,<br> <br> You could very well be right about the location. But I heard they were thinking of the HWY location. <br> <br> I don't think that Fred Meyer, ShopKo, Kmart, Target, etc are any different then Wal-Mart, they all sell the same crap. The only difference being that Wal_mart has overall lower prices on most items. When I think variety I think like Wal Mart, Bon, Banana Republic, Sears etc. <br> <br> I also think that it is very possible for Moscow and Pullman to both have a Super Wal_mart. The Palouse population is about 75,000. If half the population visited Wal_mart once a week and spent $100 on groceries and other items that would be $500,000 a week in sales. Between two stores, that is still over $1 Million a month in sales per store. That is well beyond what most stores in the area can do. <br> <br> I for one, regardless of location, will be buying groceries in Whitman county because of the price difference and to protest grocery
tax hikes.<br> <br> Best,<br> <br> _DJA<br> <br> <b><i>Melissa Hendrickson <hend5953@uidaho.edu></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> I heard recently that they were going to start breaking ground soon <br>across<br>from Safeway, but maybe my source was wrong. It makes sense for Walmart<br>to want a central location too bad they need to put in a whole new<br>building, rather than planning ahead when they built the current store <br>for<br>potential growth in the future. <br><br>This area is not big enough to support<br>two super walmarts, so I for one am glad there will only be one store<br>between the two towns. Two super walmarts seems like a little over kill<br>to me, lets shoot for a little more choice, maybe Target, Fred Meyer, <br>Etc.<br>Choice is a good thing.<br><br>--Mo<br><br><br>----- Original Message -----<br>From: Donovan Arnold <donovanjarnold2005
@yahoo.com=""><br>Date: Monday, October 2, 2006 2:00 pm<br>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] downtown: Moscow/Pullman Hwy. Mall?<br>To: Melissa Hendrickson <hend5953 @uidaho.edu=""><br>Cc: Dan Carscallen <areaman @moscow.com="">, vision2020@moscow.com<br><br>> Mo,<br>> <br>> My understanding is that property has already been sold, across <br>> from Safeway to somebody else. A manager working at Wal-Mart told <br>> me it is going in next to the new shopping center on the state <br>> line because they were not able to get a second store on the Troy <br>> Highway like planned. The original plan was to have a store on the <br>> west side of Pullman and a store on the east side Moscow. When <br>> that failed, they wanted one in a more central location to get as <br>> much of both markets as possible. That makes more sense to me, <br>> then to expect everyone to drive out to the west side Pullman of <br>> give up the business of all of Latah
and lots of Moscow. <br>> <br>> Best,<br>> <br>> _DJA<br>> <br>> Melissa Hendrickson <hend5953 @uidaho.edu=""> wrote: The Pullman <br>> Super Walmart is going in across from Safeway, not just <br>> across the border on the Moscow/Pullman Highway. So it will not <br>> be as <br>> convenient as you might think to simply stop shopping at Winco and <br>> start shopping at the Super Walmart.<br>> <br>> --Mo<br>> <br>> ----- Original Message -----<br>> From: Donovan Arnold <br>> Date: Monday, October 2, 2006 12:23 pm<br>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] downtown: Moscow/Pullman Hwy. Mall?<br>> To: Dan Carscallen , vision2020@moscow.com<br>> <br>> > Ted,<br>> > <br>> > That is where they are going to build the new SuperWalmart. <br>> > <br>> > Whitman is just thrilled that Moscow Elites gave them all their <br>> > future property tax revenues and sales income. <br>> >
<br>> > I am going to go to the Super Walmart, just like everybody else <br>> > making less than 50K a year. But I think it is upsetting that <br>> all <br>> > the taxes are going to Whitman County instead of to Latah which <br>> > is why I wanted a store here, it was going to happen anyway. <br>> The <br>> > 6% sales tax on food at Winco will be enough to send all the <br>> > college students the 200 feet west to Super Walmart instead of <br>> > Winco. <br>> > <br>> > Do the math. If Walmart is 5% cheaper than Winco, plus 6% not <br>> > taxed, that is an 11% difference in price. If a college student <br>> > spends about $250 a month on groceries, at a wage of $5.15, <br>> that <br>> > is 5.3 hours of work saved by going to Wal Mart instead of <br>> Winco. <br>> > If a college student works only about 50 hours a month, that is <br>> > 10% of their wages saved. What
college student isn't going make <br>> > the little effort to save that much of their meager earnings?<br>> > <br>> > Best,<br>> > <br>> > _DJA<br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > Dan Carscallen wrote: Ted asks:<br>> > "Does anyone know if the mall on the Washington St. side of the<br>> > Moscow/Pullman Hwy. is still going forward?"<br>> > <br>> > Yes it is. Here's the site you refer to:<br>> > <br>> > <br>> <br>http://www.hawkinscompanies.com/fliers/WA_Pullman_Hwy270_AirportRd_F.pdf<br>> > <br>> > DC<br>> > <br>> > <br>> > =======================================================<br>> > List services made available by First Step Internet, <br>> > serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <br>> > http://www.fsr.net <br>>
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