Orange County Walmart decision doesn’t sit well with preservationists

Early last week, the Orange County Planning Commission recommended, with a tie vote, not to grant the permit.

The Orange County Walmart saga isn’t over. Late Tuesday night, the Orange County Board of Supervisors voted to grant a permit for the construction of a 130,000-square-foot Walmart in the vicinity of the Wilderness Battlefield.

Wilderness Battlefield Coalition, a group comprised of eight different private organizations, wrote and sent a letter to Walmart’s CEO Michael Duke asking him to reconsider the current location for the supercenter. The coalition also offered to help find a different location.

"Our coalition has stated from the beginning that we would welcome a new Walmart to Orange County at a less historically sensitive location," reads the letter.
 

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