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The Issue Is:

WAL-MART PLANS SUPERCENTER EXPANSION IN THE
HEART OF CHICO'S IMPACTED BUSINESS AREA!

At the site of the existing Wal-Mart store on Forest Avenue!

THE PROPOSED WAL-MART SUPERCENTER WOULD BE MORE THAN 200,000 SQ. FT.!

Wal-Mart plans to expand the existing Wal-Mart into a 208,000 sq. ft. Supercenter with discount grocery and garden departments, as well as a gas station. The store will operate 24 hours/day, 7days/week.

It is important to view this proposal in light of Wal-Mart's plans for the entire north valley. Since CARE's involvement in this issue:

• In Redding. a Supercenter has been approved.
• In Red Bluff an expansion into a Supercenter has been approved.
• In Willows an expansion into a Supercenter has been approved.
• In Paradise, Wal-Mart has applied to buy property on which a 190,000 sq. ft. store is to be built.
• In Anderson a Supercenter opened in June, '06.
• In Oroville application has been made for expansion into a Supercenter.

If all of these are built, there will be a Supercenter in Chico, a Supercenter 23 miles away in Oroville, another 31 miles away in Willows and a Wal-Mart 14 miles from Chico in Paradise.

Fifty percent of Wal-Mart Super Centers is devoted to discount grocery. Chico already has Winco, Food Maxx and CostCo. Each offers discount prices, consumer choice and decent wages and benefits. A Supercenter will close at least one of these stores, reducing both consumer choice and the number of well paying jobs that support a strong middle class and promote a viable local economy.

Chico already has a Wal-Mart. That is not the issue. We oppose the expansion of the existing store into a Supercenter because it is unnecessary and inconsistent with responsible development.

CARE is working to prevent the expansion of the existing Wal-Mart into a Supercenter. We believe we will be successful if we make our voices heard.