I've seen plenty of cars with GBN stickers in the back window at the Wheeling Wal-Mart so suffice to say it's somewhere residents shop at. Better to pump revenue back into your own town then give it to another.

The area around a 24 hour store will be decimated. The city and county roads going east/west are not prepared for the amount of traffic. It will be a disaster for Nbk.

we have Costco. We don't need 6000 more cars, pollution increased, and more congestion.

True. The placement of these HUGE stores should be coordinated not just because the land happens to be available and has sat forever. Put the store with other 24 commerce areas like they do in other suburbs.

Let us hope Northbrook has learned their lesson by refusing Costco and all the revenue it would have brought. Do this! The village board already screwed up years ago by allowing that forest to be cleared when it was premature to do so, we have a big open ugly hole there. Adding the Walmart would improve the shopper traffic and success of business all up and down skokie blvd. And vehicle traffic would be not near as much of an issue anywhere in town when it would then be spread out over all our village. Willow East has festival , target and Costco willow west has Plaza del Prado and Walgreens plaza. West Northbrook has white plains, sanders court, dunbrook and others. Lake Cook has home depot NBk Court and Jewel. Skokie Blvd is the only area that really can handle and could use the new shopping and lastly, going to wheeling all the time is the pits. Walmart serves a purpose for shoppers, people seeking jobs and the village. A million to Two million a year requires serious though I'd say.... To those in Northbrook East. Don't worry so much. I live adjacent to the industrial park, two schools, a fire station, public works, and a strip mall and traffic is not an issue. After all, you all get way more traffic from the entrance to the highway than you would get from this one store. To the trustees..... We entrusted you to do the right thing for the village as a whole, don't make the same mistake twice and let another influx of money and jobs choose to go elsewhere.

Do NOT allow a Walmart! Why is the Village hell-bent on lowering our property values??? I can't even get off my street onto Sunset Ridge Rd at rush hour. Traffic will be a nightmare along with the hundreds of other reasons a big box store open 24 hrs no less will be a disaster! NO WALMART!!!

You don't want Walmart, where shopping is at off hours, but you love the proposed 10 story apartment building, not condos , transient. 500 apartments equal at least 1000 cars at rush hour , you tell me which is better. Think people.

You live off a busy road Anne, expect traffic. This is on Skokie blvd. East Northbrook wants no development and complains about everything , since you want nothing then east Northbrook only should have their property taxes increased tremendously.

A Sam's Club might help recoup some of those tax dollars - without being open 24 hours. Meijer? Aldi Market? We have options and should be proactive in finding the best fit.

I don't trust the Northbrook village board to make good decisions for the people of Northbrook. They have shown themselves to be incompetent by making some very bad decisions. As already mentioned, the now empty large lot bull dozed prematurely, the Starbucks and Potbellys aready built on skokie blvd on an inadequately sized lot with insufficient parking. That area is already a nightmare to navigate at busy times. I recommend residents to speak up and don't let the village make more bad decisions.

ALDI! That's an idea. I've never seen a "nice' Walmart except in Mexico, unfortunately. The Walmart in Wheeling is a dump with stuff all over the place. Just what we need in Northbrook!!! What is with Walmart and seedy people? PLEASE DON'T BUILD A WALMART!!!!

Anybody who wants a Walmart in their backyard should simply move to Wheeling or Vernon Hills.

None of the people employed by this Walmart will come from Northbrook. That much is certain. Nobody can afford to live in Northbrook on 30 hours a week at $9/hour.

The best thing to do for that parcel of land would be to reestablish the natural forest or turn it into some kind of green agricultural experiment.... but we don't need the tax dollars that Walmart will supposedly bring. Northbrook did just fine before it decided that it needed to develop every piece of open land.

Are the good citizens of East Northbrook, as a group, willing to increase their property taxes by $1 million per year? This would compensate the rest of us for the lost revenue. I think not. Build it. Dave L.

The past village president cared about the village and its health. The Skokie and Dundee project fell apart because of the economy and Frum fighting the project for political reasons how about this admin giving away the Plunket bldg and giving them a tax reduction. Lets bring back our old president. He cared about the town. Do be fooled like last time by politicians like Frum.

Frum hasn't done one thing for the village, Frum tried to make marks look bad for her own gain which is quite obvious. Marks loves Northbrook.

I live in East Northbrook.

I grew up on Longaker AND, love the idea and convenience of a 24 hour store along with the national success it offers let alone the tax revenue it will deliver. We lose and personally pay huge tax revenue to Glenview whenever we shop at Costco. Wise up Northbrook and stop catering to the loudest minority.

This is the last comment I will make and am sure repetitive commentators will continue perpetuating misplaced personal prescient fears with their negative onslaught.

The idea is great all around. The prospect of millions of dollars flowing into the Village from sales tax revenues will help keep property taxes low in Northbrook. Additionally, property values are not so much affected with the exception of VERY FEW houses off the Midway Road subdivision and off Sunset Ridge Rd. You might even see property values increase due to nearby shopping and convenience factors and that more businesses are located in a walking distance to that neighborhood. Remember, these are the same neighborhoods that were backed up to freight train tracks up until about 10 years ago or so -- so it should not bother residents too much.

Traffic patterns and flow will all be engineered. Perhaps even a Edens Expressway southbound exit ramp at Dundee. Yes, you might see 6000 additional daily cars but how many are there already? That intersection on Dundee/Skokie needs an update anyway.

The surrounding communities will definitely shop there. You will be surprised how many Mercedes, Lexuses, Acuras and BMW's you will find in the Walmart parking lots -- people want low prices and to save money.

This is a complete win for Northbrook and the entire surrounding cities and villages.

Wow some of you seam to think that the Wheeling Walmart is a bad thing, have you all been through Wheeling lately? I wish Northbrook looked as nice as Wheeling does woth its lovely foutains, matching fences along its main streets (maintained by the village), the well kept areas all along main roads while our town of Northbrook has fenses falling down, abandoned property, few buosnesses. If having a Walmart in our town will help with the revenue i am all for it! We need buisnesses in this town it is what makes a community thrive!

I would love to have Wal Mart at that location. Spend less live better!