[Vision2020] WalMart Questions

[Art Deco]

Questions whose answers might be relevant to the WalMart debate:

 

[1]   Will a super-center WalMart be built in both Pullman & Moscow?

 

Note that Washington's minimum hourly wage is $7.63 while Idaho's is $5.15, a difference of $2.48 per hour.  In terms of an annual payroll at the proposed super-centers, what is the likely impact of this difference on the corporate plans of WalMart?

 

[2]   I think that there is little doubt that the presence of a WalMart super-center would adversely impact many local businesses.  How has internet shopping affected some of these same businesses?  What relevance does the answer to this question have to the overall super-center/big box debate?

 

[3]   In an earlier post Sean Michaels raises the concern/question of adverse visual and similar impacts of big box stores.  How many people are concerned about this?  Is the present city council willing to impose certain architectural and landscaping standards as part of their big box ordinance?  [In considering this, think of the metal barn that the Eagles' built at Main and A streets.]





Art Deco (Wayne A. Fox)

deco at moscow.com
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