Stuart City Commission approves controversial Costco development
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Stuart residents hold Costco protest 2 weeks before potential final approval
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The lengthy meeting consisted of presentations by the developer and byLinda Kay Richards, who gave a formal presentation in opposition, in addition to multiple questions by commissioners and more than 30 people speaking during public comment.
Most who spoke in favor of Costco Wholesale Corp. but against the proposed location, citing negative impacts on surrounding residential communities and an increase in traffic.
“I love Costco. I have a card; I’ve been going there since 2007,” Martin County resident Amy Pritchett said. “I just don’t like the location. . Put it in a place where there isn’t as much going on.”
Letters to the Editor: May 8, 2021
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Where on Kanner are commercial developments comparable to Costco?
I drove up Willoughby Boulevard in Stuart today. I was careful to observe the roadsides. (I had read that this was already an industrial zone and that Costco would have no important impact on the road from Costco to Willoughby.). I suggest you all do the same.
As far as Kanner Highway is concerned, where are all the large commercial developments that are comparable to this project?
Of course this is a case of NIMBY. Why not? As Stuart expands, and it’s a fact that it will, why use an already established low-density small business area to do so? Kanner Highway, while expanded, has never been an industrial zone. Tell me how Costco will not change that.