http://kcur.org en http://kcur.org/post/walmart-moves-eight-tenths-mile <p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">At the corner of Roe Avenue and Johnson Drive facing Shawnee Mission Parkway, if you look to north side of the street, you see </span><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Roeland</span><span style="line-height: 1.5;"> Park. There are sparsely inhabited businesses, including a cremation center and weight loss store, facing a weed- and dirt-filled lot on the Mission side of Johnson Drive.&nbsp; This empty lot </span><em style="line-height: 1.5;">will</em><span style="line-height: 1.5;"> be the new Walmart and Gateway Development expected to open in 2014. It will close the </span><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Roeland</span><span style="line-height: 1.5;"> Park Walmart store located 8/10 of a mile away down Roe Avenue.&nbsp; &nbsp;Walmart is the number one sales tax generator in </span><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Roeland</span><span style="line-height: 1.5;"> Park.</span></p><p> Mon, 11 Feb 2013 22:06:08 +0000 Suzanne Hogan 31806 at http://kcur.org Walmart Moves Eight-Tenths Of A Mile