The Colorado Boulevard Health Care District held a public meeting to discuss the redevelopment of the old CU Medical campus on Tuesday, June 26, 2012 at Christ Church United Methodist. The primary focus of the residents was the Walmart proposal within the development Cyrus McCrimmon, The Denver Post
Hundreds gathered on a hot Tuesday, June 26th afternoon to voice opposition to the recently revealed plans to impose a Walmart on the site of the former CU Medical Center, near 9th Ave and Colorado Blvd. in Denver.
Read these two articles for more:
Walmart plan for old CU medical campus draws crowd at Denver meeting
Read more: Walmart plan for old CU medical campus draws crowd at Denver meeting – The Denver Post http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_20946520/walmart-plan-old-cu-medical-campus-draws-crowd#ixzz1yyGQVkAw
Mostly opponents listen to Wal-Mart make its case
http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/2012/06/26/mostly-opponents-listen-to-wal-mart.html
Walmart has no place in historic neighborhoods.
When asked at the meeting about Walmart’s GOP donations, Josh (the Walmart rep) said it was 50/50. Here are the facts in Colorado:
The Waltons’ political contributions in Colorado overwhelmingly favored Republicans from 1990-2010:
House
$750 Democrats
$25,911 Republicans
Senate
$7,700 Democrats
$18,551 Republicans
State-level races
$3,800 Democrats
$25,500 Republicans
Colorado TOTAL
$12,250 Democrats
$69,962 Republicans
Source: Analysis of data from the Center for Responsive Politics and the National Institute on Money in State Politics
I will be glad to help with the effort of stopping Walmart move into our neighborhood.