Walmart's appetite for growth is insatiable. With about 4000 stores in the US alone and many more around the world, Walmart is huge and growing fast. Walmart is especially targeting China, India, and Mexico abroad for growth, and large cities domestically for growth. Of course that is not stopping the giant retailer from going after its more traditional locations. Many communities fight back when Walmart tries to steamroll its way in to town, but we haven't heard of of a case where Walmart would actually displace an entire community. But that is exactly what they are doing in one Florida community.
If Walmart gets its way, it will complete replace a mobile home community, forcing its 60 residents to move. The article is short on details, but we have to imagine that most of these folks aren't too happy about having to move. Here's the article from the :
Palm Springs to decide whether Walmart will displace park's 60 mobile homes and residentsA Walmart might replace Sunshine Village, a decades-old mobile home park on 10th Avenue North.
The village's Land Development Board tonight is scheduled to make a recommendation to the village council on a zoning change that would clear the way for the store.
About 60 homes with residents — who would have to relocate — are on the community's 17 acres, estimated James Dower, president of the Sunshine Village homeowners association.
Cornerstone Palm Springs LLC, which owns Sunshine Village, about notified residents a year ago it was seeking buyers, Dower said.
Cornerstone's application says that the proposed shopping center wouldn't exceed 175,000 square feet.
The 6:30 p.m. meeting is in the community room of Palm Springs Village Hall, 226 Cypress Lane.
Posted by Taylor - November 10, 2009 04:27 PM - In Your Community
let get the UFCW Union Bil and United Auto Worker Union Bill and Teamster Union Bill to pass by make Wal Mart sign the UFCW Union Contract for Wal Mart Cashier Employee and Sam's Club Employee United Auto Worker Union Contract for Wal Mart Tire@Lube Express Employee and Sam's Club Tire@Car Battery Installment and Teamster Union Contract for Wal Mart Truck Driver Employee and Courtesy Employee and Sam's Club Stock Person Employee and Forklift Employee right of away and right now please by give Wal Mart Employee a living waged with affordable Health Care right of away and right now please without close down all the Wal Mart Store and Sam's Club let get the Bill
Posted by Tom P Noonan - November 10, 2009 07:38 PM
Keep the comedy coming Tom. Spoken like a true ex employee. It's Walmarts Fault that you got fired right tom? Um,not according to you. So just stop, it's kind've annoying now.
Posted by itdoesntmatter - November 10, 2009 07:43 PM
let get vote UFCW Union yes Bill and vote and United Auto Worker Union yes Bil and Teamster Union yes Bill to pass for Wal Mart Employee and Sam's Club Employee right of away and right now please by give Wal Mart Employee and Sam;s Club Employee a living waged with affordable Health Care right of away and right now please without close down all the Wal Mart and Sam's Club
Posted by Tom P Noonan - November 11, 2009 03:22 PM
let stop Wal Mart right of away and right now please for taking away their Sunshine Village Mobile Park Land in Palm Spring Fl because Wal Mart can't Build a Wal Mart Supercenter in Sunshine Village Mobile Home Park Land so they can keep their Sunshine Village Mobile Home Park Land
Posted by Tom P Noonan - November 11, 2009 03:48 PM