We did some quick rearrangin of the front page on tuesday night to accomdate this news:
The Wal-Mart Super Center project planned for Polson since before 2005 was cleared on Tuesday by the Montana Supreme Court.
The clerk's office notified Polson City Attorney Jame Rayomd of the decision on Tuesday afternoon. The unanmous decision upholds the district court ruling that the project did not violated the Polson Growth Policy and other zoning and development code regulations.
"I can't describe how it feels right, it's that good," store manager Dave Tolley said on Tuesday evening.
The new center will bring numerous jobs and draw people to the area, he said.
Plans to begin construction haven't been finalized, but it will sit above the existing Wal-Mart near Clearview Drive.
The group Lake County First, consisting of around 100 plaintiffs, filed the suit to stop the center around 2005. The case has worked its way through the judicial system since.
The Polson City Council and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. are listed as defendants.
Sandy and Jim Hinshaw live on Clearview Drive near the new site.
"We really weren't for it or against it, I just don't think that you can stop it. And when it happens, go with the flow," Sandy said of the news.
Several plaintiffs were contacted for reactions, but were not reached before press time. I have calls into several plaintiffs and will get thieir reaction as soon as they caget back to me.
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