Not sure we want a business like Wal-Mart in our community
Filed under: Opinion |  Dear Mr. Matejczyk,  Here are my wife’s
and my concerns about the proposed Wal-Mart store on Baptist
Road.  1. The increased traffic from Wal-Mart will worsen the
already congested situation on Baptist Road. The Monument
Marketplace will increase traffic, but that area has an
alternate outlet at Highway 105 via the new Jackson Parkway. The
Wal-Mart store will directly increase traffic and detrimentally
affect safety on Baptist Road, with no funds to improve this
situation for years.  2. This proposal violates El Paso County’s
Policy Plan, the Tri-Lakes Comprehensive Plan, Monument’s
Comprehensive Plan, and the Chaparral Hills covenants.  3. The
Wal-Mart store will take revenues away from local area
businesses, and will NOT put the monies back into the economy
like the Monument Marketplace businesses will. Most of the Wal-
Mart revenues will go to Arkansas. Many local businesses in the
Monument area will suffer and may even clos