WHAT: Town Hall meeting to discuss the proposed Wal-Mart development by Endeavor Real Estate Group at MoPac between Slaughter and Davis.
WHEN: Wednesday, July 2, 2003, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
WHERE: Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center on La Crosse Avenue.? For directions, go to
http://www.wildflower.org/?nd=directions
For more information including a flyer that shows a map of the proposed development, visit:
http://NoAquiferBigBox.org
We all have reasons to dislike Wal-Mart.? If you need a reason, we've got some for you.
Endeavor Real Estate Group, based in Austin, is selling a portion of a 43-acre tract of land in the Barton Springs Recharge Zone to Wal-Mart for a new SuperCenter. Sited at the corner of Slaughter and MoPac, the SuperCenter could exceed impervious cover levels by three times the amount allowed by the Save Our Springs Ordinance. Company principals have admitted that the water quality controls they've proposed on the property will be inadequate to manage pollutants.
The neighbors surrounding the proposed development are concerned about the increased traffic, noise pollution, light pollution, and water pollution. Because the only access to the development will be from Slaughter and Davis Lanes, all traffic destined for the shopping center will flow through the neighborhoods. There is already a Wal-Mart less than 4 miles away, and many worry that it will close once the new store is built, leaving yet another empty big-box retail builing.
Neighborhood associations and groups including Sendera, Circle C, the Villages of Western Oaks, Deer Park, Save Barton Creek Association, S.O.S Alliance, and others have formed the No-Aquifer-Big-Box Coalition to oppose this development.
We are having a Town Hall meeting to bring everyone together, and you are invited!? Come on out and help us tell these developers that community opinion does matter!
We are expecting a large turnout, so you may consider bringing a lawn chair or blanket to sit on in case the meeting moves into the courtyard.
For more information including a flyer that shows a map of the proposed development, visit:
http://NoAquiferBigBox.org
Hope to see you Wednesday - don't miss it!
WHEN: Wednesday, July 2, 2003, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
WHERE: Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center on La Crosse Avenue.? For directions, go to
http://www.wildflower.org/?nd=directions
For more information including a flyer that shows a map of the proposed development, visit:
http://NoAquiferBigBox.org
We all have reasons to dislike Wal-Mart.? If you need a reason, we've got some for you.
Endeavor Real Estate Group, based in Austin, is selling a portion of a 43-acre tract of land in the Barton Springs Recharge Zone to Wal-Mart for a new SuperCenter. Sited at the corner of Slaughter and MoPac, the SuperCenter could exceed impervious cover levels by three times the amount allowed by the Save Our Springs Ordinance. Company principals have admitted that the water quality controls they've proposed on the property will be inadequate to manage pollutants.
The neighbors surrounding the proposed development are concerned about the increased traffic, noise pollution, light pollution, and water pollution. Because the only access to the development will be from Slaughter and Davis Lanes, all traffic destined for the shopping center will flow through the neighborhoods. There is already a Wal-Mart less than 4 miles away, and many worry that it will close once the new store is built, leaving yet another empty big-box retail builing.
Neighborhood associations and groups including Sendera, Circle C, the Villages of Western Oaks, Deer Park, Save Barton Creek Association, S.O.S Alliance, and others have formed the No-Aquifer-Big-Box Coalition to oppose this development.
We are having a Town Hall meeting to bring everyone together, and you are invited!? Come on out and help us tell these developers that community opinion does matter!
We are expecting a large turnout, so you may consider bringing a lawn chair or blanket to sit on in case the meeting moves into the courtyard.
For more information including a flyer that shows a map of the proposed development, visit:
http://NoAquiferBigBox.org
Hope to see you Wednesday - don't miss it!
