Ward 4 Calls Latest Walmart Plan "Terrible"
Friday, March 25, 2011(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)
Walmart’s latest plan for a store in the District’s Ward 4 is
"165 pages of terrible ideas," says Ward 4 Thrives member and community activist
Virginia Leavell. "This plan does nothing to address our concerns about poverty
wages, the driving out of small businesses, and the traffic nightmare this will
cause around the intersection of Georgia and Missouri Avenues," said Michele
Baskin, also with Ward 4 Thrives. In response to the plan, released earlier this
week, Ward 4 Thrives, along with the Living Wages, Healthy Communities Coalition
will be holding a rally at the proposed site (5929 Georgia Ave NW) tomorrow at
10:30a. Check out the
Walmart-Foulger-Pratt plan online. - photo: artist's
depiction of the Walmart planned for construction on Georgia Ave NW