Gettysburg Super Walmart

[EJ Zander]

This was on the news the other day. Plans submitted to the township. For bearings , the road at a 45 degree angle at the top center of the plan map is Hunterstown Road.
https://www.abc27.com/news/local/group-battles-proposed-walmart-in-gettysburg/1410439546

 

[Belle Montgomery]

OMG. It's shameful how much greed has taken over this nation's historic places for the next generations to appreciate and learn from. Europe has buildings 1,000 years old and we're lucky to have them reach 100.

 

[unionblue]

We're Americans.

We don't read the instructions, we don't see past tomorrow, and we can barely remember yesterday.

More's the pity.

 

[cash]

This was on the news the other day. Plans submitted to the township. For bearings , the road at a 45 degree angle at the top center of the plan map is Hunterstown Road.
https://www.abc27.com/news/local/group-battles-proposed-walmart-in-gettysburg/1410439546

Is this the same proposal that's been put forward for years?

http://www.gettysburgtimes.com/news/article_c0827bc2-90a2-11e0-907f-001cc4c03286.html

https://www.eveningsun.com/story/ne...-development-near-gettysburg-threat/84854562/

 

[mofederal]

I really hope they can stop this. The world does not need more wally worlds. Too many of them now.

 

[JOHN42768]

Progress??? Yea Right

 

[Gandycreek]

"There stands Walmart like a Stonewall. Rally behind..... " OOPS. Wrong place, Wrong movie.

 

[MRB1863]

Here we go again...

 

[EJ Zander]

Is this the same proposal that's been put forward for years?

http://www.gettysburgtimes.com/news/article_c0827bc2-90a2-11e0-907f-001cc4c03286.html

https://www.eveningsun.com/story/ne...-development-near-gettysburg-threat/84854562/

From what info I gathered this is the first time plans have been submitted to the township.

 

[Patrick H]

In my town, they started by making the property owner a nice offer. The land was within the city limits. They also had their eye on land outside the city limits, just in case. When it came down to the inevitable controversy, Walmart was able to win the stare-down with the city council like this: Either let us build within the city limits and reap all that sales tax revenue, or we will build just outside the city limits and the county will get some tax, but the city won't. I don't think I need to tell everyone what happened.

I don't know how this works in Gettysburg. But if people want to keep them from building on that land, then everyone needs to step up to the plate and make a better deal to the land owner.

 

[RobertP]

It should be up to the locals. If they want change and are ready to move on then who are we to criticize? Right?

 

[Drew]

It should be up to the locals. If they want change and are ready to move on then who are we to criticize? Right?

 

[WJC]

Yet another reason to support the American Battlefield Trust.
https://www.battlefields.org/help-save-battlefields

 

[E_just_E]

Is this at the triangle marked by York Rd, Hanover Rd, and Hwy 15, south of Giant and Hilton Garden Inn?

Kinda hard to tell from that map...

 

[EJ Zander]

I think so. In the bottom right corner there is an inset for Camp Letterman Drive which is behind the Giant.

 

[Patrick H]

It should be up to the locals. If they want change and are ready to move on then who are we to criticize? Right?

Actually, this is a very good and sobering point. Thank you, Robert.

 

[lelliott19]

It looks like the proposal is for a large commercial development including a Wal-Mart Super Center, along with out-parcels and access roads. The land just west of the proposed development is owned by the Gettysburg Battlefield Preservation Association. On August 30, GBPA submitted a letter to the Straban Township Planning Commission opposing the development. Here is a link to the page on their website that provides details.
https://www.gbpa.org/news/gbpa-give...stioning-proposed-hallowed-ground-development

 

[Lusty Murfax]

I really hope they can stop this. The world does not need more wally worlds. Too many of them now.

I'll be seeing Bill L. at the Georgia game and probably again next month at the Alabama game. I'll be sure to pass on everyone's concerns.

 

[Lusty Murfax]

All joking aside, as a land owner it is my opinion that if it is this important to the people involved, they should buck up and buy the parcel out from under WM.

 

[huskerblitz]

I know I am in the minority, but life has to move on. This land isn't part of the battlefield. We go back to 'we can't save everything' and is a staging ground really the important part here?

If someone else wants to buy the land to preserve it...fine. But if the people who live in that area wants the additional jobs and economic development, then that's their call.