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From Door county daily news:
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Plans For A Wal-Mart Supercenter
In Sturgeon Bay
By Nick Freimuth
January 26, 2007
The Senior Manager for Public Affairs with Wal-Mart for Wisconsin Lisa Nelson said the discount retailer's real estate team will be in the City of Sturgeon Bay on Tuesday. Wal-Mart has a meeting with the city staff scheduled for January 30. City Administrator Kevin O' Donnell will be holding the meeting with the Wal-Mart people and said he will release the information that has been discussed behind closed doors after the fact. For much of 2006 concerned residents came together to start the "Stop the Big Box Movement." From what Lisa Nelson had to say, they have lost that battle. Wal-Mart has plans to add to their existing facility.
Two summers ago, picketing and numerous letters to the editor were weekly occurrences over the "Stop the Big Box" issue. Nelson said the planned expansion will be more amiable to the people of Sturgeon Bay.The Senior Manager for Public Affairs with Wal-Mart for Wisconsin said they are still working out some details. The meeting next week will bring a lot of clarity to this issue. Employees of McClure Engineering Associates were taking readings on the land last week. Surveyors got all of the information needed during their time in Sturgeon Bay throughout the week of January 15. McClure Engineering has an office in Milwaukee.According to the McClure Engineering Associates website the company is continuing their business philosophy of personal service and responsiveness their clients needs. They have expanded into a multi-office, multi-discipline Midwest regional consulting firm. Through their strategically located offices in East Moline, Waukegan, Macomb, Rockford, and Ottawa, Illinois, Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Davenport, Iowa they continue to provide quality, personal Professional Consulting services. They are currently expanding their markets and services provided to meet growing needs. McClure Engineering Associates provide professional services for transportation, Water, Wastewater, Structural, Storm Water Management, Land Development and Construction projects. The company may be used in all areas in the expansion of the existing Wal-Mart in Sturgeon Bay. The Supercenter building process would require a firm to work on nearly all of the aforementioned services.McClure Engineering Associates, Inc. was founded in 1969 to provide Professional Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering and Land Surveying services to public and private sector customers in the Quad Cities area of Illinois and Iowa. They have since expanded to the state of Wisconsin. Plans for a Wal-Mart Supercenter in the City of Sturgeon Bay have officially begun.
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From Green Bay press gazette:
http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070126/ADV01/70126080/2011/adv
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Wal-Mart seeks to expand
in Sturgeon Bay
Retailer proposes Supercenter on existing property
By Paige Funkhouser paige.f@doorcountyadvocate.com
Wal-Mart representatives plan to meet with city of Sturgeon Bay staff Tuesday, Jan. 30, to discuss the possibility of expanding the retailer’s existing store on Egg Harbor Road into a Supercenter.
Wal-Mart public affairs senior manager Lisa Nelson said details are not confirmed and the meeting with City staff is preliminary.“The city has not seen a conceptual site plan yet, so this is an exciting first step to get their feedback and input,” Nelson said. “We’ve looked at a lot of different sites with different community organizations that have something at stake, such as the Department of Transportation. Expansion on the current site in back of the existing store eliminates the concern of leaving another empty big box.”Nelson said Tuesday’s meeting is a preliminary discussion about applications and what information the city will need from Wal-Mart. A construction timeline depends on when the company gets plan approval, Nelson said. It is not a public meeting, according to City Administrator Kevin O’Donnell. He did not give any specific information about the meeting.“They asked to meet with us,” O’Donnell said. “We’ve been encouraging them from the beginning, if they’re going to expand the facility, to look at their existing site. “Months back, they indicated they were doing that, didn’t hear from them for a long time, and now we’ve heard from them.
”The anti-big box group Door County Residents for Fair Enterprise released a statement Friday morning in support of Wal-Mart’s expansion on the existing site. “By dropping the other devastating sprawl relocation sites from consideration,” wrote Kyra Valentine, spokeswoman for Fair Enterprise, “this stopped the creation of new competing commercial districts and unfair competition for our existing businesses.“We feel it’s a win,” Valentine continued. “We’re optimistic and it’s great that Wal-Mart wants to stay within the existing business district. We’re happy that sprawl is not occuring. We’re not going to pass judgment or form an opinion until (Wal-Mart) presents an official plan. We hope the new expansion design will take into consideration the economic and environmental impact.”The company had previously looked at property along State 42-57 and Alabama Street, but the city turned down a rezoning request for that land last summer.
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NOW, how much do you want to bet that there will be NO mention of this in the agrivate(door county advocate)???
What those IDIOTS at Fair Enterprise don't seem to GET.... is that ANY supercenter ANYWHERE in Sturgeon Bay is going to force many other businesses OUT of business! By turning their normal store on Egg Harbor road into a supercenter (Which includes a huge grocery dept, likely a gas station, and more) Econo foods, Pick n save, Autozone, Bay Pharmacy, Phillmart, Butch's auto, Subway, and the former Cenex gas station up on 18th will ALL wind up being forced out. Where will all of those unemployed people find work? SOME will wind up working at the very place the made them unemployed, Others will have to sell everything they own just to keep food on the table.
ANOTHER thing none of you are looking at is a service that Econo Foods provides - namely DELIVERY! During the spring especially, when the freighters set sail, Econo foods reprovisions those ships. Do you think walmart will take over when they force Econo to close?
NO F***ING WAY!
This is OUR CITY! We as citizens need to knock these greedy self centered sons of b**** out of power, FAST! Otherwise you can kiss your home value AND quite possibly even your JOB goodbye, not to mention your taxes going up and the bay becoming even more polluted than it is already.
HERE are the names of the people on the plan commission - INCLUDING addresses and phone numbers.
City Plan Commission
Thomas Wulf, Chairperson,
1127 Cove Rd
Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235-1032
(920) 743-4080
Joy Bordeau,
416 Quincy St
Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235-2642
(920) 743-5780
Michael Felhofer,
232 S Ninth Ave
Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235-2620
(920) 746-9480
Kenneth Glasheen,
920 Michigan St
Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235-1849
(920) 746-5239
Jeff Norland,
1839 Georgia St
Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235
(920) 743-7302
Mike Gilson,
1236 Memorial Dr
Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235-1533
(920) 743-6039
Laurel Hauser,
854 S 15th Ave
Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235
(920) 743-8990
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Plans For A Wal-Mart Supercenter
In Sturgeon Bay
By Nick Freimuth
January 26, 2007
The Senior Manager for Public Affairs with Wal-Mart for Wisconsin Lisa Nelson said the discount retailer's real estate team will be in the City of Sturgeon Bay on Tuesday. Wal-Mart has a meeting with the city staff scheduled for January 30. City Administrator Kevin O' Donnell will be holding the meeting with the Wal-Mart people and said he will release the information that has been discussed behind closed doors after the fact. For much of 2006 concerned residents came together to start the "Stop the Big Box Movement." From what Lisa Nelson had to say, they have lost that battle. Wal-Mart has plans to add to their existing facility.
Two summers ago, picketing and numerous letters to the editor were weekly occurrences over the "Stop the Big Box" issue. Nelson said the planned expansion will be more amiable to the people of Sturgeon Bay.The Senior Manager for Public Affairs with Wal-Mart for Wisconsin said they are still working out some details. The meeting next week will bring a lot of clarity to this issue. Employees of McClure Engineering Associates were taking readings on the land last week. Surveyors got all of the information needed during their time in Sturgeon Bay throughout the week of January 15. McClure Engineering has an office in Milwaukee.According to the McClure Engineering Associates website the company is continuing their business philosophy of personal service and responsiveness their clients needs. They have expanded into a multi-office, multi-discipline Midwest regional consulting firm. Through their strategically located offices in East Moline, Waukegan, Macomb, Rockford, and Ottawa, Illinois, Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Davenport, Iowa they continue to provide quality, personal Professional Consulting services. They are currently expanding their markets and services provided to meet growing needs. McClure Engineering Associates provide professional services for transportation, Water, Wastewater, Structural, Storm Water Management, Land Development and Construction projects. The company may be used in all areas in the expansion of the existing Wal-Mart in Sturgeon Bay. The Supercenter building process would require a firm to work on nearly all of the aforementioned services.McClure Engineering Associates, Inc. was founded in 1969 to provide Professional Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering and Land Surveying services to public and private sector customers in the Quad Cities area of Illinois and Iowa. They have since expanded to the state of Wisconsin. Plans for a Wal-Mart Supercenter in the City of Sturgeon Bay have officially begun.
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From Green Bay press gazette:
http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070126/ADV01/70126080/2011/adv
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Wal-Mart seeks to expand
in Sturgeon Bay
Retailer proposes Supercenter on existing property
By Paige Funkhouser paige.f@doorcountyadvocate.com
Wal-Mart representatives plan to meet with city of Sturgeon Bay staff Tuesday, Jan. 30, to discuss the possibility of expanding the retailer’s existing store on Egg Harbor Road into a Supercenter.
Wal-Mart public affairs senior manager Lisa Nelson said details are not confirmed and the meeting with City staff is preliminary.“The city has not seen a conceptual site plan yet, so this is an exciting first step to get their feedback and input,” Nelson said. “We’ve looked at a lot of different sites with different community organizations that have something at stake, such as the Department of Transportation. Expansion on the current site in back of the existing store eliminates the concern of leaving another empty big box.”Nelson said Tuesday’s meeting is a preliminary discussion about applications and what information the city will need from Wal-Mart. A construction timeline depends on when the company gets plan approval, Nelson said. It is not a public meeting, according to City Administrator Kevin O’Donnell. He did not give any specific information about the meeting.“They asked to meet with us,” O’Donnell said. “We’ve been encouraging them from the beginning, if they’re going to expand the facility, to look at their existing site. “Months back, they indicated they were doing that, didn’t hear from them for a long time, and now we’ve heard from them.
”The anti-big box group Door County Residents for Fair Enterprise released a statement Friday morning in support of Wal-Mart’s expansion on the existing site. “By dropping the other devastating sprawl relocation sites from consideration,” wrote Kyra Valentine, spokeswoman for Fair Enterprise, “this stopped the creation of new competing commercial districts and unfair competition for our existing businesses.“We feel it’s a win,” Valentine continued. “We’re optimistic and it’s great that Wal-Mart wants to stay within the existing business district. We’re happy that sprawl is not occuring. We’re not going to pass judgment or form an opinion until (Wal-Mart) presents an official plan. We hope the new expansion design will take into consideration the economic and environmental impact.”The company had previously looked at property along State 42-57 and Alabama Street, but the city turned down a rezoning request for that land last summer.
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NOW, how much do you want to bet that there will be NO mention of this in the agrivate(door county advocate)???
What those IDIOTS at Fair Enterprise don't seem to GET.... is that ANY supercenter ANYWHERE in Sturgeon Bay is going to force many other businesses OUT of business! By turning their normal store on Egg Harbor road into a supercenter (Which includes a huge grocery dept, likely a gas station, and more) Econo foods, Pick n save, Autozone, Bay Pharmacy, Phillmart, Butch's auto, Subway, and the former Cenex gas station up on 18th will ALL wind up being forced out. Where will all of those unemployed people find work? SOME will wind up working at the very place the made them unemployed, Others will have to sell everything they own just to keep food on the table.
ANOTHER thing none of you are looking at is a service that Econo Foods provides - namely DELIVERY! During the spring especially, when the freighters set sail, Econo foods reprovisions those ships. Do you think walmart will take over when they force Econo to close?
NO F***ING WAY!
This is OUR CITY! We as citizens need to knock these greedy self centered sons of b**** out of power, FAST! Otherwise you can kiss your home value AND quite possibly even your JOB goodbye, not to mention your taxes going up and the bay becoming even more polluted than it is already.
HERE are the names of the people on the plan commission - INCLUDING addresses and phone numbers.
City Plan Commission
Thomas Wulf, Chairperson,
1127 Cove Rd
Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235-1032
(920) 743-4080
Joy Bordeau,
416 Quincy St
Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235-2642
(920) 743-5780
Michael Felhofer,
232 S Ninth Ave
Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235-2620
(920) 746-9480
Kenneth Glasheen,
920 Michigan St
Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235-1849
(920) 746-5239
Jeff Norland,
1839 Georgia St
Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235
(920) 743-7302
Mike Gilson,
1236 Memorial Dr
Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235-1533
(920) 743-6039
Laurel Hauser,
854 S 15th Ave
Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235
(920) 743-8990
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