This morning’s Day reported that Wal-Mart was “said to lose interest” in Groton. This evening, the story has been updated on the website, and we are now told that “Super Wal-Mart [is] definitely out in Groton“.
Konover Development vice president Michelle Carlson confirmed today that the company is dropping plans to build a Wal-Mart Supercenter on Route 184 in Groton.
“We are focusing our resources on projects we can bring to closure a lot quicker,” she said.
The company dropped its options to buy the Route 184 properties and dropped its appeal of the Inland Wetlands Agency’s application denial, Carlson said. It also asked the intervenors to drop their appeal of the welands board’s subsequent approval.
This is a great victory for the people of Groton. We owe a huge debt to the folks on the Planning Commission, who voted to block this project, and to the Groton Open Spaces Association. I suppose it didn’t hurt that we’re heading into a depression. Every cloud, no matter how massive, has a silver lining.
I want to add here that tomorrow I will enter my 21,388th consecutive day without entering a Wal-Mart.
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