Possible New Tenant for former Walmart Site
The empty Walmart store, across Hwy. 101 from the current Walmart Supercenter, has been approved to house a cabinet manufacturer that could provide up to 200 jobs. A conditional use permit has been issued to Wal-Mart Stores Inc. A Wal-Mart spokesperson said:
“The marketing of the property has a process. There is a potential sale. We don't have a time frame.”
Bill Greenwood, executive director of the Clallam County Economic Development Council, said the EDC had not been informed of this, but said “this is great news for the county.”
“The marketing of the property has a process. There is a potential sale. We don't have a time frame.”
Bill Greenwood, executive director of the Clallam County Economic Development Council, said the EDC had not been informed of this, but said “this is great news for the county.”
posted by Tom Harper at 8:19 PM
25 Comments:
Yeah, heard this enough times that I'll see it when I see it.
And how much money is Clallam County going to hand over on the promise of "jobs"?
Except Clallam didn't even know about this. Way to go EDC! You definitely deserve a half million dollars!
I'll believe it when I see it.
Sounds good if it gets off the ground.
That property had septic problems as I recall, will have to be corrected before being occupied again.
The old septic was decommissioned, the building is on City sewer since about 5 yrs ago.
It's Westport.
Yeah, don't you love it. The biggest new job creation project is underway, and the famed Clallam Economic Development folks know NOTHING about it.
That is not exactly confidence inspiring.
Who says they are NEW jobs? Maybe when the Port arbitrarily raised the value of their leasehold land from $6,000 per acre to $90,000 per acre they are running off tenants. Self serving greed for the Port negates true growth. Maybe when Bill Greenwood was told this he didn't care. The only job creation they care about is their own. Maybe folks don't like extortion and bullying?
Any surprise Colleen McAleer is a Port Commissioner and on the Board of the EDC. She's engaging in public entrepreneurial deeds, no personal risk, no skin in the game for her ideas. Using public funds to further her ideas. No business plan, no proforma, no responsibilty upon failure. Just move on with the public holding the bag like what Haugewood did with the skills center.
No way a new employer comes to Port Angeles, and buys the Walmart building without the City, Port, or EDC knowing about it. NO WAY, it has to be a current business relocating. The only cabinet shop that big in PA is Westport up at the Airport.
Anon 1:00pm, you are 100% correct. no doubt!
Or Port Angeles Hardwood's lumber may get transformed into cabinets and furniture here instead of being shipped to Asia for processing...
Anon 9:47am, no chance, this is Westport for sure! Sorry Port Angeles, no new jobs.
My question is, "why so secret?"
Yes, why so secret?? Good question, anyone have an answer?
But Westport's PA waterfront facility was purchased by a Louisiana ship builder that does not specialize in luxury yachts and would not require those gorgeous custom cabinets.
Why so secret? If it is Westport they are a private company, not a public entity or a public company. They don't answer to the public. It's really no ones business until they choose to share it.
@BBC
The septic issues only arise if the building is seeing high foot traffic. There will be no problem with a few hundred workers- its the thousands of customers every day that were causing issues..
And Westport shouldn't have to tell anyone. It just gets people riled up like on this forum... Leave em alone.
Why mislead the community?
@8:13 PM
So, following your logic, who does the County EVER know what is going on, when most of it is populated with "private" entities. Most of the businesses are "private", as are most of the homeowners.
It seems like a silly statement. In one way or another most everything a business does becomes public knowledge. Permits to build, property transfer documents, employment documents, etc.
And, most business rely on good relationships with the communities they operate in, to be successful. Taking a secretive approach only breeds suspicion.
( Obviously, the sentence should have read "HOW does the County EVER know what is going on..")
I suppose the Port is quite disappointed at this development? Maybe they ought to be looking out for their tenants instead of hobnobbing in Paris.
If you could get the public to pay for you to go to Paris, would you refuse the opportunity?
The fact of the matter is the Port is a f*cking joke
Here we go again, The Port doesn't want to take care of a tenant (Platypus), by selling them land. So they can't create 75 jobs??
Are they going to move off Port property also? Maybe!
I know I would not spend my money on someone else's land.
The Port should be the ones moving.
The folks at the Port can't be trusted. They will circumvent their agreements and tell you what are you going to do about it anyway. They don't negotiate in good faith and force their fees on you and tell you what are you going to do about it anyway. Sue us, we're rolling in dough from the logs to China and we set the market and what are you going to do about it anyway. The folks at the Port use their assets for their own little piggy bank giving themselves raises and bonuses and traveling the world. Their isn't any oversite agency controlling the Port and so they can do whatever they want regardless of what anyone else wants. Of the Port, for the Port, by the Port.
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