I agree with Catherine. It is already so congested, I go out of my way just to avoid 76th street. I wonder if this project is still on target for Sping 2012 since they started so late? I travel past the Walmart construction on Hwy. 100 & Layton and it is a mess! It's clear the Truck drivers are getting paid by the project. I hope they don't drive like that in our small town.

I agree. I'm absolutely sure that the quality is better at Sendik's than at WalMart. We have more than enough grocery stores in a five mile radius than we really need. Especially now that both nearby Targets have an improved grocery section.

I will also continue to support my 2 local Sendiks stores. They are such an improvement over Pick and Save and their meats and produce prove this to be true. Their customer service is outstanding!

At the "Open House" information meeting we were told that the store was going to be 60% grocery and 40% general merchandise. I suppose they can divide the store however they want but that is not what residents were told. Just makes me more incensed and encouraged to NOT shop there.

Catherine, it seems clear some folks really wanted Walmart here. The Village Board member I spoke with at the "Open House" truly seemed to believe that his board, unlike small town boards all over America, were actually going to be able to control Walmart. It doesn't take much time or trouble to find out what a poor community citizen Walmart is. Not to mention their culpability for the hundreds of thousands of U.S. jobs that have been "outsourced" to Asia.

I won't be shopping there.

Yes, indeed.

Unfortunetly, most of Greendale Residents won't do their homework and the Village President and 2 trustees will once again be elected. No one else is up for it. We attend many of the Meetings and you're lucky if more than a handful of residents show up. I think everyone would be shocked to learn that all but one Trustee passes just about everyting through, including the School District taking over the Ole Cop Shop and Fire Tower. The burden starts with $100,000 tax dollars and is expected to go as high as 1-2 million. Our property values continue to drop and our Tax bill continue to rise. With the Walker Tax cuts their is no reason for our Tax bills to go up at all.

You're kidding, right? Walmart epitomizes multinational corporate greed, exploitation of workers, and was a leader in the charge to outsource American jobs to China. Everyone who buys their shoddy goods thinking they are getting a "bargain" is exacerbating/hastening the downward economic spiral.

As consumers, we need to starve this beast into better civic behavior, not encourage it. To me, it's become an issue of patriotism. I highly recommend you do some googling about Walmart's business practices to gain some insight into why this is a volatile issue.

Yes, Carol L., there are more serious things to worry about in life but this is something that is happening in our own back yard and is an issue that is controversial and divisive. By discussing this, there is the possiblity that a compromise/solution or understanding might be obtained.
However, in other communities where Walmart has come in, local businesses have had to close their doors due to Walmart's predatory retail practices. In a few years Broad Street will be a ghost town.
The reason that the Village Board couldn't oppose the sale was because it was a private transaction. Greendale does not/did not own the land that the Bowling Conference sold. Unfortunately, the residents of Greendale are now left to deal with this unscrupulous and unwelcomed invader and all the problems that this will bring.