Town of North, Elba, NY Statement Of Findings and Decision Proposed Wal-Mart
Topics: Economic/Small Business
In its Findings of Fact, the North Elba Planning Board determined, “To the extent that the (Wal-Mart) would result in long term chronic vacancies, the ambiance of the community would be adversely impacted, resulting in loss of a portion of the tourist trade. Such loss would have economic impacts on the remaining merchants, resulting in a downward spiral in which increasing numbers of businesses could close their doors…multiple significant unmitigated adverse impacts are directly related to the size of the proposed store, and that a substantially smaller store would have lesser impacts, since these impacts are scale related.”
