Myth #6:
There’s nothing to see at the Wilderness Battlefield.
Reality:
Aside from outdoor exhibits already in place, the Friends of Wilderness Battlefield has invested more that $300,000 in restoring Ellwood, General Warren’s Headquarters, and the National Park Service has a $248,000 interpretive exhibit project in progress to turn the site into the primary visitor contact site for [...]
Archive for April, 2009
Wilderness Walmart Myth #6
Posted in Walmart on April 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Wilderness Walmart Myth #5
Posted in Walmart on April 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Myth #5:
Nobody visits the Wilderness Battlefield National Park.
Reality:
The Wilderness Battlefield is the most visited tourist attraction in Orange County, attracting over twice as many tourists each year as Montpelier or wineries. The Wilderness Battlefield received over 200,000 visitors in 2008, and Montpelier received approximately 78,000 visitors and the wineries around 100,000. It [...]
Wilderness Walmart Myth #4
Posted in Walmart on April 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Myth #4:
The Wilderness Battlefield Coalition is anti-Walmart.
Reality:
The Wilderness Battlefield Coalition is opposed to any large-scale development at the site currently proposed by Walmart for its Supercenter. The Coalition would be equally opposed to a Target or Lowe’s (or any big-box store) at that location. The opposition has nothing to do with the Walmart company – [...]
Wilderness Walmart Myth #3
Posted in Walmart on April 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Myth #3:
A planning study offered by the Wilderness Battlefield Coalition is only a delaying tactic.
Reality:
The preservation coalition is committed to a visioning process that would preserve the historic nature of the battlefield and its gateway while at the same time allowing economic development along the Route 3 corridor in Orange County. The best way [...]
Become a “Stop the Wilderness Walmart” Fan on Facebook
Posted in Uncategorized on April 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
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Wilderness Walmart Myth #2
Posted in Walmart on April 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Myth #2:
Nobody objected when the McDonalds and Sheetz were built at that intersection.
Reality:
The construction of the McDonalds and Sheetz at the intersection of Route 3 and Route 20 was opposed by preservation groups, the National Park Service (NPS) and local citizens. McDonalds was receptive and made some design modifications to have less of an impact [...]
Wilderness Walmart Misinformation
Posted in Walmart on April 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
There is a great deal of misinformation circulating regarding the Wilderness Walmart, and much of it is in blatant disregard of the facts. To help clarify some of the more prevalent falsehoods that exist this blog will publish a “Myth vs. Reality” series that outlines some of the myths out there about the Wilderness Walmart [...]
Walmart Files Application
Posted in Walmart on April 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Walmart has now filed a completed Special Use Permit application for the proposed Supercenter at the Wilderness Battlefield. The original application was filed in December last year, but it had to be modified after it was reviewed by the Orange County Planning Department, VDOT and other entities.
The application contains no major changes from the original, [...]
Orange County Rejects Wilderness Gateway Study
Posted in Uncategorized on April 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
How shortsighted can the Orange County Board of Supervisors be? The Board has now officially rejected the offer from the preservation community and the King family to take a long-term, comprehensive approach to planning at the gateway to the Wilderness Battlefield and Orange County. Instead, the county is apparently comfortable with a piecemeal approach to [...]
