New York Site Fight: Wal-Mart Meeting Scheduled

Meeting tonight on proposed Greece Wal-Mart [Rochester Democrat and Chronicle]

(July 31, 2007) — A meeting on “Life After Wal-Mart” will be held at 7 tonight at Our Lady of Mercy Church, 36 Armstrong Road.

The meeting will focus on a Wal-Mart supercenter that has been proposed for Northgate Plaza. Organizers of the event — Citizens for Responsible Development of Dewey Avenue — are exploring other options for the plaza. Developers want to build 146,000-square-foot Wal-Mart, a proposal that has galvanized both supporters and detractors in the community.

The town’s planning board and zoning board of appeals already have held two joint meetings to discuss the issue with developers. A third such meeting is scheduled for Aug. 14, at the Community and Senior Center on the Town Hall campus on Vince Tofany Boulevard.

Posted by Corey Himrod on Tuesday, July 31, 2007