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Help us just say no to the proposed Wal-Mart on Cornwall Road, North Cornwall Township by joining our petition drive or signing the petition. Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton stated: "If some community, for whatever reason, doesn't want us in there, we aren't interested in going in and creating a fuss." It is up to the North Cornwall Residents to speak up, tell the Township and Wal-Mart NO and hold Wal-Mart to their word. Don't think we can't defeat Wal-Mart; this has been done in Vermont and other parts of the country. Over 100,000 communities have defeated Wal-Mart!

Did you sign the petition against big-box stores? Were you one of the thousands who attended the meetings at the Expo Center? Don't let your effort be wasted! Vote for Kip Kelly on May 15.

Oh, boy! 70 of Kip's 100 signs have mysteriously disappeared, and one resident is red with anger!
Click here for the story.

IMPORTANT MEETINGS NOW! Click here to help us prevent the Walmartization of NCT!

Upcoming North Cornwall Township meetings (at NCT Office):

April 9 - 6:00 pm – Public Hearing on the re-adoption of current zoning.

Read the report of one resident - click here.

More development is proposed than 'just' a Wal-Mart

Unless the zoning ordinance is changed, commercial structures of *any size* cannot be precluded on the basis of size in the commercial area, much of which is owned by one developer in this area because there is currently no restriction on size or hours in the ordinances they want to re-adopt. The possibility exists there could be several stores of huge dimensions, which would bring huge volumes of traffic from people outside of our area to the 67 acres owned by Springwood Development Partners (immediately south of the proposed Wal-Mart site) - on top of the 13,000+ car trips daily projected by Wal-Mart. North Cornwall Township residents clearly stated that they wanted to curb commercial development in the survey taken prior to the adoption of the township's comprehensive plan. You can help STOP this from happening by attending the April 9 meeting and stating your objections and concerns for the safety of the township & other nearby municipalities.

Followed by the Supervisors Mtg. 7:00

May 14 - 7:00 pm – Supervisors Meeting & Planning Commission Meeting

Please attend meetings and write letters to the North Cornwall Township Supervisors: Darryl Loose, Ralph Heister, & Bill Gelgot at: North Cornwall Township, 320 S. 18th St, Lebanon PA 17042 Tel# 273-9200 Fax# 274-0466

You don't have to live in NCT to attend the meetings & hearings. Attend these meetings & hearings to let the supervisors know that you are opposed to re-adoption of C2 General Commercial zoning for Cornwall Road. This zoning is what allowed Wal-Mart to come to Cornwall Road. The zoning should more appropriately be 'Office & Institutional or a 'Neighborhood Business District' which restricts building size, hours of operations and prohibits gas stations and other high traffic businesses from coming to Cornwall Road. Public attendance and/or letters to the supervisors are even more critical than they were 2 years ago. We need a strong show of support. We can't afford to let a few developers and their attorneys run NCT and ruin our quality of life.

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February 7, 2007: The Patriot-News reported on the on going appeal of the Wal-Mart plan - click here.

February 6, 2007: A federal appeals court approved class-action status for seven women who claim the retailer was biased in pay and promotions - click here for the story.

December 20, 2006: NCT residents get a day in court! Click here for the Patriot News report.

December 15, 2006: While Wal*Mart denies nearly half of its employees' children health care, Sam Walton's daughter Alice -- a billionaire heiress -- is going art shopping. And guess what she has her eyes on? A $68,000,000 painting of a doctor treating a young boy! Click here to read the article and send Alice a real Christmas card.

December 11, 2006: A letter from Wal*Mart Watch reveals how Wal*Mart fails to keep promises to protect the environment - click here.

December 5, 2006: Compensation must be really bad at Wal*Mart when two managers set up a robbery on a Wal*Mart store! Click here to see the Patriot-News article.

November 27, 2006: The battle in NCT rages on, but a Wal*Mart rep claims we want another store! His research must be flawed, as the first meeting drew over a thousand residents and lasted until near midnight with total opposition to the store. Charles Brooks, the NCT Supervisor behind the Wal*Mart store, was soundly defeated in the 2005 election, and thousands of signatures have been collected against another Wal*Mart. Today, we call what Wal*Mart is doing 'spin'. I prefer what my mother taught me: It is a lie for Wal*Mart to claim we want a store. Click here for the Patriot-News article.

November 15, 2006: Wal*Mart spent big bucks on a PR firm to launch a website touting how good their underpaid and uninsured employees have it, but forgot to register the domain! Now the truth is at
http://workingfamiliesforwalmart.com Also, two so-called bloggers who were traveling across the country and parking their RV in Wal-Mart parking lots were actually on the payroll -- but didn't reveal it! Click here for the story.

October 26, 2006: Wal*Mart Watch released a year long study in which Wal-Mart has restructured to cut employee benefits and penalize its employees for good performance, plus shift health care away from its employees and spouses. Click here for the full report.

September 26, 2006: Wal-Mart's plan to build a store off Centerville Road was rejected by the zoning board in Manor Township, Lancaster County.

September 15, 2006: The Patriot News reported on a protest involving poor employee benefits. Click here for the article.

August 15, 2006: The Patriot News reported on a $15 M settlement against Wal-Mart for hiring illegal aliens and how Wal-Mart salary caps have hurt Wal-Mart employees.
Click here for the articles.

Jan 26, 2006: Looks like West Cornwall is facing similar problems! Click here for WCT News.

The conditional application, with conditions, was passed 2 to 1. While Charles Brooks tried to convince us he was impartial, there was no good explanation why he stated in earlier newspaper articles that you needed someone like Wal-Mart to improve the roads. Here's the newspaper article:

Despite the fact that the Wal-Mart application had more holes than Swiss cheese, it was approved! However, Mr. Yoder pointed out that Charles Brooks should be recused which was denied, and that the attorney for the Township was making comments to favor the approval of the application by the Township.

This is far from over. The Township's decision will be contested. Our lawyers are working on an amendment to return the zoning of the proposed Wal-Mart site to its original status, and have presented a plan at the January 3^rd NCT meeting.

Final presentations were made on December 12. The attorney for Wal-Mart gave his views why the conditional use application should be approved. He included a promise that Wal-Mart would work with the residents to resolve any development issues.

Our attorneys presented three serious deficiencies in the Wal-Mart proposal:

Finally, any proposal MUST include a development plan. Such a plan was absent from the Wal-Mart proposal. Wal-Mart cannot simply say, 'We'll work that out later'.

Testimony was heard from residents and neighbors. Everyone who spoke concurred to deny the Wal-Mart proposal, and additional facts were presented on the detrimental factors, to include traffic, safety, welfare and crime. Click here for the summary in the Dec 14 Patriot News.

We have obtained the letter written by J. Dwight Yoder. This is an Adobe Acrobat file, approximately 2.5 MB in size and will take some time to view if you do not have broadband Internet access. If you want to view the entire letter, click here. The letter will open in a new window should you want to print it.

We are trying to arrange for a viewing of the Wal-Mart movie in the Lebanon area. Should we obtain a venue, details will be posted on this site.

$100K is cheap compared to the long term cost of having Wal-Mart set up shop in NCT!

On Nov. 14 at the Capitol rotunda, a coalition of union and community groups launched the Pennsylvania component of a national "week of action" opposing Wal-Mart. Click here for the newspaper article. Want to see a screening of the Wal-Mart movie? Click here! Want to see all the TV spots on Wal-Mart? Click here!

The documentary "Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price" was screened on Wednesday November 16, 2005 at Franklin and Marshal College, Stahr Auditorium as part of a worldwide network of more than 3,000 showings. The film features real stories told by the people who lived them: Wal-Mart employees (from executives to floor level) shocked by abuse and discrimination, family owned businesses blown away by the Wal-Mart storm, even sweatshop workers in China and Bangladesh who produce the Wal-Mart apparel. State Rep. Mike Sturla discussed the impact of WM's business model on the state and the taxpayers.

Crime also follows Wal-Mart. Click here for the Patriot News article about the stabbing in Harrisburg.

On the Nov. 1 Today show, the Wal-Mart video was profiled along with the Wake Up Wal-Mart website, which has more information. Click here to view. For the Windows Media video of 'Who's Corrupt?' click here.

JibJab has done it again with a parody of Wal-Mart. Amusing but true, click here to see what the world will be like when Wal-Mart destroys the competition. Also, you may want to view the movie clip from the Daily Show.

Click here to view and see if you agree that Wal-Mart does not fit the North Cornwall Township Comprehensive Plan.

Lebanon County Citizens for Responsible Growth