Highly reliable sources have just informed me that the Moscow Wal-Mart Supercenter project has been cancelled. A public announcement to that fact will be made shortly.
It is not, however, Wal-Mart's intention to serve the Moscow/Latah Couunty market with the Pullman Supercenter, although that may be the case by default for several years. Wal-Mart plans to pursue other opportunities in either Latah or Whitman County.
I have no idea what will happen with the existing Wal-Mart in Moscow, but I think it's safe to conclude it will be closed after the Pullman store opens.
I hope the No Super WalMart group enjoys their little victory party tomorrow night. They didn't really do anything. The Wal-Mart issue was decided last November when the City Council election was held.
As my grandmother used to say, Moscow has made its bed, now it has to lay in it. Meanwhile, we should throw a victory party of our own. This is the date the retail balance of power on the Palouse shifted to Pullman.
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Is this the part when our side proclaims that one Wal-Mart Supercenter is enough? LOL
Or maybe we can now convince Wal-Mart to build TWO supercenters in Pullman, one for Pullman residents and one for all of the new out of town shoppers. That way things won't get too crowded.
April, It would be too good to see them build on the state line in Whitman county, then close the existing store in Moscow. That would be a VERY large shift tax dollars to the city and Whitman county and a party would be called for. I think I remember Tom posting some info on how close other super centers are located at in other parts of the country. Do you remember anything like that?? I wonder if they would something like that any idea??
Ray,
However it works out on the corridor, Pullman will now have the only the Wal-Mart Supercenter in the Quad-Cities, at least for a couple of years. The draw will be a tremendous boost for the local merchants and for the local economy.
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