Re: [Winona] Wal-Mart

[Fellman's]

I've been reading all these comments about Wal Mart and the danger they are to the small local businesses.  I fail to see what Wal Mart will bring as competition that Target, Shopko, Big K, Fleet Farm, Hy-Vee and/or Menards have not already brought.  If the small local business is open now maybe Wal Mart will attract more people to shop in Winona and there will be spill over business locally.  I would be more worried if I was Target, Shopko or Big K!   In La Crosse, where they are building 2 Super Wal Marts the local grocer has been to other towns to see how the competition is surviving and he found out they are thriving in niches where Wal Mart fails.    Maybe with some creativity Wal Mart could be a good thing to those who are so afraid.   Greg Fellman