It's enough to give you an apartment complex, or not.

I have an idea for the embittered developer Thieneman: C'mon, cheer up!

Isn't it about time for the Wal-Mart on Grant Line to threaten departure from within the city limits, unless their first decade's abatements are renewed, enhanced and super-sized? Swoop in there and grab 'em. That'll show those pesky neighborhood residents. Now, Highlander Point may be a bit further than ten miles as the crow flies, but the distance sounds about right for a typical Wal-Mart lateral move.

Of course, not everyone gulps down the Wal-Mart brand of Kool-Aid, but hey, I bet the Seabrook and Bush kings of comedy team would be right on top of it. Then we'd have a couple zillion unused square feet of building opposite Community Park for growing hydroponic hops and looking dilapidated.

Is 19 acres of Knobs enough concrete for a real Wal-Mart?

Go big or go home, Don. My commission check goes to the usual post office box. Cheers.

Developer withdraws zoning request for Floyd County apartment complex, by Grace Schneider (C-J)

A developer Tuesday night withdrew his zoning change request to allow a 152-unit apartment complex near Highlander Point.

Instead, Donald Thieneman said that he expects to focus on using the 19 acres for a commercial venture. “It’s disappointing,” Thieneman said.

He didn’t give a reason for pulling the application as he stood before the Floyd County commissioners minutes earlier, but the announcement drew a burst of applause from several dozen people who’d shown up to register their opposition.