Hoping for a 30 Day Delay & Wear Red: Tonight’s Meeting on East Village Big Box Sam’s Club

A CandysDirt reader attended tonight’s meeting to try and stop development of a Sam’s Club on that 17 acres of land near Cityplace — once owned by ACS — where we learned this week that Trammell Crow Companies wants to built another Sam’s Club warehouse store.  District 2 was out in full force with about 100 people, I’m told, most members of homeowners associations and crimewatch groups who were approached by Trammell Crow initially about this project last year. My source says there were people behind him, even going down the stairs.

The meeting was calm and informative, I’m told. That’s City Councilman Adam Medrano in the nice suit, talking. A former planning commission staffer said architectural renderings shown for the development tell a much different story than the proposed building. An attorney suggested that someone from DART show up and explain how this development will blow affect our multi-billion dollar investment in DART. Great question. Everyone was asked to show up at City Hall tomorrow and wear red. They are hoping for a 30 day delay. Stay tuned. I have a feeling tomorrow is going to be a very long day at Dallas City Hall… go here for updates on the vote from Jonas Park.