Planners To Get Glimpse Of Market
Rogers Commission To Review Development Plans For Wal-Mart Store
Last updated Sunday, June 1, 2008 6:08 PM CDT in News
By John Henley Jr.
THE MORNING NEWS
ROGERS -- It shouldn't be news in Northwest Arkansas that a new Wal-Mart store is coming to town -- but it is.
The Rogers Planning Commission on Tuesday is scheduled to review large-scale development plans for Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market No. 5837 -- or as it has more informally become known, the Neighborhood Market at Pinnacle Hills.
The more than 36,000-square-foot store would be a change of pace from older Neighborhood Markets.
This market would be a prototype store, featuring warmer colors and updated interior features, according to a news release from Laurie Smalling of the Wal-Mart Office of Public Affairs and Government Relations.
The store also would feature a wide selection of healthful food choices, such as an increased selection of organic items and produce, the release states.
The Neighborhood Market would be on 5.4 acres of a 63-acre development known as The District at Pinnacle Hills, owned by Bill Schwyhart and Robert Thornton.
The development sits at the intersection of the Pauline Whitaker and Pinnacle Hills parkways. The site is recommended for the Walton Arts Center by Mayor Steve Womack, should the center's board of directors decide to move the center from Fayetteville.
The Planning Commission also is set to consider large-scale plans from Garcia Commercial for an 8,000-square-foot building at 1604 Acorn Drive.
Miguel Garcia, the developer, said the building would be rented for meetings, parties and receptions.
There would be a kitchen area with a refrigerator and microwave, but with no oven or stove.
The property is in a highway commercial zone.
There also will be a public hearing for a conditional-use permit for a day-care center at 2712 W. Olive St., which is in a residential office zone.
The city has received no phone calls objecting to the day-care center, said Candy Anderson, an assistant planner.
MEETING INFORMATION
Rogers Planning Commission
When: 4:30 p.m. Tuesday
Where: Rogers City Hall, 301 W. Chestnut St. The meeting will take place in the Council Chambers. Those attending are asked to enter through the door on the northeast side of the building.
On the agenda:
• A public hearing on a request by Angel Luna Rivas to rezone property at 700 N. Eighth St. from residential duplex-patio to highway commercial.
• A request for a waiver from the large-scale review process for a 1,195-square-foot addition to the Morales Dental Office, 200 N. 24th St. The property is in a highway commercial zone.
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