Keep Wal-Mart out of Stonecrest

Phil Lloyd, President of the South Lithonia Neighborhood Coalition, needs your help with spreading the word to stop Wal-Mart from building a store in the Stonecrest Mall area of DeKalb County.

Sign the petition here:

The coalition of neighborhoods in the Stonecrest area in Lithonia, GA has raised serious question as to the need for a Wal-Mart store in the Stonecrest area in Lithonia, GA for the following reasons.

• We feel that the targeted location for new development is too close to the Wal-Mart store on Fairington Road in Lithonia, GA and there are at least four other existing Wal-Mart stores on the east side of Dekalb.
• We feel that the impact will be to shift services from smaller shops in the area and cause store closings.
• We feel the impact will cause the eventual closing of the Wal-Mart store on Fairington Road in Lithonia, GA just the same as the Wal-Mart store on Wesley Chapel in Decatur, GA was closed due to the development of the Wal-Mart store on Fairington Road in Lithonia, GA.
• We feel that the need for a grocery store can be satisfied by expanding the existing Target store on Mall Parkway at Stonecrest in Lithonia, GA into a Super Target including a full grocery store.

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Wal-Mart is not looking to become a better corporate neighbor with their attempts to move to the Stonecrest area. The exisitng Wal-Mart store at Fairington Rd is less than 10 minutes, surrounded by over 1,000 apartment units and condos. Many of those who live behind and near the Fairington Rd. store do not have private transportation and can easily walk to the existing store to purchase food for their families.

If Wal-Mart opens another store in close proximity, we all know what will happen – the Fairington Rd. store will no longer have decent products, thus revenue will drop, and Wal-Mart will abandon that store into an empty shell. Property assessments will also decline when the Fairington Rd. store becomes an empty shell.

So please take time to sign the petition for the reasons below and for all the reasons that we know why Wal-Mart is not a good corporate neighbor. Please send the petition link to your friends, family, and constituents. Link – http://bit.ly/NoStonecrestWalMart