Wal-Mart coming to Seminole Heights?

On Facebook, one local resident named Ingrid Jacoba wrote that such a bigbox would "darken" the area, adding, "How will our Seminole Heights Walmart compare to this one over in the Kenwood neighborhood in St. Pete? Will we get the utilitarian box or something with a little architectural design embellishment so it doesn't look like "anywhere, USA"?

Kimberly Overman wrote, "I dislike Walmart because of the employment policies, but they will hire people and they are responsible property managers. We could do worse and have worse businesses that we keep in business as they are still around when so many others have failed."

The reader who informed CL of the news worries that "Walmart could change the whole character of the neighborhood ... what if other big box stores come nearby? I think it will be bad overall for the area."

No doubt, in the near future, there will be more opinions expressed in public forums.