Midwest News Update: March 23, 2007

ILLINOIS SITE FIGHT: WAL-MART DEBATED
N. Aurora Wal-Mart debated [Kane County (Ill.) Chronicle]
Wal-Mart officials told village trustees Monday that switching the layout of a proposed building would create more noise for nearby residents.

INDIANA SITE FIGHT: NO SUPER WAL-MART ON SITE
Project shift means no Super Wal-Mart on site [NWI Times]
Although plans to open a Super Wal-Mart on the southeast corner of U.S. 41 and Main Street have been scrapped, that doesn’t mean the national retailer has turned its back on locating somewhere in south Lake County.

ILLINOIS SITE FIGHT: TOWN OK’S WAL-MART STORE DESPITE PROTESTS
Commission gives Wal-Mart green light [Edwardsville (Ill.) Intelligencer]
Despite the objections of the people who filled the Council Chamber to overflowing, the Glen Carbon Planning and Zoning Commission voted 5-1 Tuesday to approve THF’s site plan for the expansion of the Glen Carbon Wal-Mart store into a super center.

MISSOURI SITE FIGHT: OPPOSITION CONTINUES
Opposition to Wal-Mart expansion continues [Suburban Journals]
Local residents continue to voice opposition to the expansion of the Glen Carbon Wal-Mart into a Wal-Mart SuperCenter. 

Posted by Alex Goldschmidt on Friday, March 23, 2007

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