Just a few days after the Orange County Planning Commission voted to recommend to not grant a permit for a Wal-Mart on the site of the Wilderness Battlefield, the Board of Supervisors voted favorably to allow for the construction of the superstore.
According to the Richmond Times-Dispatch, the 4-1 vote happened around 1am today. About 400 people attended the public hearing and about 100 spoke up either for or against Wal-Mart coming to Orange County.
The site, called Wilderness, was witness to one of the bloodiest battles in the Civil War. At the intersection of Routes 3 and 20, Wal-Mart intends to build a 130,000 square-foot Supercenter.
If everything goes according to plan, the store could open by Christmas of next year.