I think the idea of a rally is at this point kind of silly. They don't even have a tenant in mind yet. While I'm not in favor of a walmart supercenter an urban type store would be fine with me or a movie theater. It seems that their is always a small group of loud people that do not want any developement at all. Zero. I would remind you that we need jobs too.

With all due respect to J.H., this is more than a few people. Regardless of rally attendence numbers the development plan is lacking, the point of opposition isn't to stop all development and frankly, the creation of low paying jobs, the purpose is to enforce compliance with previously approved land use rules and to ensure that the area surrounding any development is not negatively impacted by whatever is developed. Given WM's labor practices it is easy to see why there's opposition to even the possibility of their box in our backyard but there are many other issues regardless of the actual tenant that need to be addressed before the development plan could gain support from the surrounding communities. That notwithstanding, Fuqua builds WM's almost exclusively when he develops retail (with few exceptions), the possibility of anything other than WM is betrayed by the current plan - how many Whole Food's are there with a dedicated garden center? The tax base concentration in OP, GP, EA and GWP has the responsibility to ensure responsible development. See you at the Rally!

Does anyone know details about the rally? Are there going to be decision makers or city personnel there to listen to our concerns? A rally is a great idea if there's someone there to listen to what we have to say.

Does anyone have the plan for what tenants are being considered?

If a big box is going to go in there, how about Costco? Their employment practices are very much acceptable and they're a high quality business.

I don't live down there but I'd like to eventually. I have friends in GP & IP. Is there a Costco in area? Good luck.