FLORIDA SITE FIGHT: RESIDENTS WANT SECOND WAL-MART PRESENTATION IN ESTERO
Community asks for second Wal-Mart presentation on Estero store [News-Press (Fla.)]
The Estero Council of Community Leaders wants Wal-Mart representatives to present its revised plans for a store on U.S. 41 and Estero Parkway at its November meeting.
The retailer is already scheduled to attend the Estero Community Planning Panel meeting on Nov. 17.
The community leaders are scheduled to meet on Nov. 21.
Wal-Mart officials met with Estero residents last week and announced that they want to start construction on their 228,000 square-foot store before the widening of a 2.5 mile stretch of U.S. 41 begins.
Lee County Commissioners approved the project in 2004, stipulating that Wal-Mart construction could not start until the road work began.
The two presentations are expected to be identical, said Don Eslick of the ECCL.
The project has community-wide appeal, he said, explaining why the ECCL wants Wal-Mart on its November agenda.
Posted by Luke West on Wednesday, September 24, 2008
