$25,000 will go to "Eastside Cities Emergency Feeding Program". $50,000 will go to Hope-link, a community services program developed by Doreen Marchione, a past Redmond Mayor.
Is it possible Wal-Mart is considering a store in the SE Redmond neighborhood and building political capital? Costco tabled plans to build in SE Redmond. In any event, the food donation is needed by our Eastside community and was well received by both agency representatives.
by Bob Yoder
Surprisingly, that actually doesn't sound all that far-fetched. There are no Walmart stores anywhere between Renton and Lynwood on either side of the lake, although I strongly suspect they'd be run out on a rail if they even suggested building a store anywhere in Seattle, and there's really not much anywhere to build such a store anywhere else on the Eastside. In Bellevue there's the old KMart site which has been vacant for close to a decade, but the stream running under the parking lot makes it prohibitively expensive (Costco has looked at using the site a couple of times, and has abandoned plans on both occasions). In Kirkland about the only place I could think of would be if they tore down the Totem Lake Mall and built there, but since I don't think you can put up an espresso cart in Kirkland without getting sued by three different NIMBY groups that seems unlikely too. Even in Redmond I suspect there would be opposition, but probably less than might be encountered elsewhere.
ReplyDeleteWalmart doesn't make donations for nothing. They want to build here.
ReplyDeleteWith the re-location of Evans Creek progressing, Wal-Mart or Costco are likely candidates to bid for the commercial rights and land. Will the council be influenced?
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