[Meijer]

Personally I think the Record Eagle is using this article to paint Meijer as an evil corporate bad guy hell bent on destroying Acme Twp. But anyway according to this article one of the Twp. Board members won a 3 million dollar lawsuit against Meijer for attempts to force him out of office to make way for the new store for the area. IMO, this kind of corporate strong arming sounds completely out of Meijer's character. So I hope Meijer is able to appeal. But even though there is a strong need for a store in that area I'm beginning to wonder is it would be in Meijer's best interest to cease further efforts to build in Acme. I don't think its worth the PR risk esp. when Meijer could simply build somewhere outside of the Twp.

I'm not sure if it would make sense for Meijer or if there will be a retail development by Turtle Creek, which is being considered, but that is a location farther East on 72 could be an option. However, it seems an Acme Twp. store would be a better location. I remember when I lived on the East side of town I could either go to Kmart or Tom's or drive a long distance to other stores, which can be a pain particularly in the summer.

[Meijer]

Unless something was built on the empty land just off the north side of the Traverse City Meijer store since the image below was recorded onto Google Earth or that land has already been spoken for in some way, Meijer should have plenty of room to grow.

That area is mostly wetlands owned by Meijer. That will not be developed. The TC store is already the largest in the chain, and almost too big imo. Meijer needs an additional location, not a bigger store.