Congratulations to the residents of the Village of Glen Carbon. You made your opinions known and your voices heard. And as a result, WalMart has WITHDRAWN their proposal to turn our store into a SuperCenter.
The Village of Glen Carbon has received a letter from the WalMart Corporation stating their intention to withdraw the proposed SuperCenter plan. The Village government will now make the accompanying parking lot and sign variances null and void. Once that is official, the GlenEd Citizens will withdraw the lawsuit against the Village with pleasure.
The Mayor insists, of course, that our community action and petition of 1000+ signatures and lawsuit had NOTHING to do with the decision. We obviously disagree. While WalMart has been taking SuperCenters off the table across the nation, one can hardly believe that the intense controversy surrounding our particular store had "nothing" to do with the decision.
What is a shame is that our community action had nothing to do with the Village Board decision. I hope we all remember that in early 2009 when we elect a new Mayor and replace several members of the Village Board.
Monday, December 10, 2007
Comprehensive Plan...
or lack thereof. The allustrious Planning and Zoning Commission, that's right, the same folks who brought you the FAILED WalMart SuperCenter proposal, have all but approved the 2007 Comprehensive Plan.
They claim they have done "all they can" to encourage resident participation in this vital process. Did you get your two sentence notice on your water bill earlier this year? Oh, you saw that but didn't know what it was about? You may safely assume that the response from Mr. Hagerty, Chairman of P&Z is "so what." That's about all he had to say about the numerous deficincies in the proposed plan at the hearing December 4th. Impressive.
We will be presenting issues regarding this proposal in the near future. In the meantime, according to the company preparing the plan, there are six copies available at the Village for residents to view. Now, of course the Village hasn't informed you of this, but don't forget they're doing all they can to keep you informed.
If going in to the Village Hall to view the proposed plan is inconvenient, please ask Will Shashack to make the proposal available online. His Village phone is 288-2613, email wshashack@glen-carbon.il.us. This request has been made repeatedly by members of our organization and completely ignored.
If you don't like what you hear and see, you must speak up. The commission plans to approve this plan at their next meeting. Tuesday December 18, 7:00 pm at the Village Hall. Please contact Will Shashack with any issues you wish to see addressed.
They claim they have done "all they can" to encourage resident participation in this vital process. Did you get your two sentence notice on your water bill earlier this year? Oh, you saw that but didn't know what it was about? You may safely assume that the response from Mr. Hagerty, Chairman of P&Z is "so what." That's about all he had to say about the numerous deficincies in the proposed plan at the hearing December 4th. Impressive.
We will be presenting issues regarding this proposal in the near future. In the meantime, according to the company preparing the plan, there are six copies available at the Village for residents to view. Now, of course the Village hasn't informed you of this, but don't forget they're doing all they can to keep you informed.
If going in to the Village Hall to view the proposed plan is inconvenient, please ask Will Shashack to make the proposal available online. His Village phone is 288-2613, email wshashack@glen-carbon.il.us. This request has been made repeatedly by members of our organization and completely ignored.
If you don't like what you hear and see, you must speak up. The commission plans to approve this plan at their next meeting. Tuesday December 18, 7:00 pm at the Village Hall. Please contact Will Shashack with any issues you wish to see addressed.
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