Locals use Facebook to keep eye on Walmart
If developers for Walmart want to set up shop in Lakeview, they better be ready to put up a fight, says local activist Bruce Alan Beal. After a Crain’s Chicago Business article claimed that Walmart...
View ArticleWalmart set to present plans to Lakeview residents
The South East Lake View Neighbors meeting tonight will be dominated by Walmart and its plans to move into a location and Broadway and Surf Avenue. The meeting is Monday at 7 p.m. at Wellington Avenue...
View ArticleNo red carpet welcome for Lakeview Walmart
Dubbed the “showdown in Lakeview” by some locals, Monday night’s meeting about a proposed Walmart turned out to be more of a smackdown. Over 200 Lakeview residents attended the monthly meeting of the...
View ArticleProtest held over proposed Walmart
We’re hearing that there’s a protest this morning near the Lakeview site where Walmart wants to build a new store. Here’s the latest from ABC7, and let us know if you were there: A group of people...
View ArticleWalmart opponents to screen doc at Landmark
When faced with controversial retail development, Lakeview residents sure are creative in their opposition. Just last week, Athenaeum Theatre in Wrigleyville showcased the play “I Am Montana,” an...
View ArticleLocals voice anger about Walmart at film screening
It was community movie night at Landmark Century Cinema Wednesday night as more than 100 locals and activists assembled for a screening of the documentary “Walmart: The High Cost of Low Prices” and...
View ArticleDoes Walmart in Chicago make sense?
The Chicago Tribune offers some counter-programming to all the attention paid to protesters against a Walmart in Lakeview. From the editorial board: When PetSmart and Cost Plus World Market moved into...
View ArticleWalmart agrees to limits for Lakeview store?
Is the Lakeview Walmart now a go? Crain’s Chicago Business reports the Southeast Lakeview Neighbors Association may have struck a deal with the retailer: A Lakeview neighborhood association says it has...
View ArticleLakeview group comes to terms with Walmart
Walmart is one step closer to moving into a vacant building at Surf and Broadway in Lakeview, now that the building’s landlord, retailer and the South East Lake View Neighbors association have agreed...
View ArticleIs opposition to Chicago Walmarts a class issue?
Interesting column from Chicago magazine’s Whet Moser: The Tribune editorial page comes out in favor of WalMart’s plan to build stores across the city—which if anything is going to get more...
View ArticleAnti-Walmart Facebook group shuts down
The latest sign that Walmart may really and truly be coming to the ‘hood? The protesters may be backing down. From Crain’s Chicago Business: The organizer of the Facebook group dedicated to stopping a...
View ArticleNew coalition emerges as anti-Walmart group shutters
They say when one Facebook group closes another one opens, or something like that. For local activist Bruce Alan Beal, whose anti-Lakeview Walmart Facebook group called it quits Tuesday (leaving some...
View ArticleWal-Mart plans second Lakeview store
Wait — a second Walmart? Crain’s has a story today about a potential second Walmart in Lakeview, this one “a convenience-store-sized Wal-Mart Express about five blocks east of Wrigley Field.” The...
View ArticleWhat’s up with Walmart?
The largest corporation in the world is making its way into Lakeview despite a ferocious fight from the community. Walmart is going forward with plans to open two stores, on the north and south side of...
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