By Linda Goin on 25 August 2009
The Orange County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 to grant a special permits to Walmart after 100 speakers stated they favored moving the nation’s largest retailer within shot of the Wilderness Battlefield. Opposition to the move could not sway officials, despite a nearly year-long fight by sites such as No Wilderness Walmart and Civil War Preservation Trust.
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By Staff Reports on 21 August 2009
[ 24 August 2009; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Last night, the Orange County Planning Commission voted 4-4 against recommending approval of Walmart’s special use permit at its rescheduled public hearing. Although a tie, the vote is functionally the same as a denial, since it was not approved by a majority of the commissioners. The vote is a reversal of what occurred in July, when the commission prematurely approved the application 5-4.
Posted in Calendar, News, Places | Tagged Civil War battlefield, Orange County, WalMart
By Linda Goin on 11 December 2008
In a letter to Walmart President and CEO Lee Scott, 253 historians from throughout the country urge the retail giant to reconsider plans to build a 138,000 square-foot supercenter immediately adjacent to the Wilderness Battlefield in Orange County, Va. A formal application for the project was filed on Friday, December 5.
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