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PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVES ACADEMY STORE DEVELOPMENT

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

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Northwest Arkansas is getting its first Academy Sports store.

The Rogers Planning Commission at its Tuesday meeting approved a large-scale development plan for Academy Sports + Outdoors at the northeast corner of Interstate 540 and Pleasant Grove Road.

Academy has Arkansas stores in Fort Smith, Little Rock and Sherwood.

Commissioners postponed consideration of a small strip mall south of Walgreens along Promenade Boulevard. The large-scaleplan is expected to be on the commission’s Dec. 15 agenda.

It was the first time since May the commission considered two large-scale development plans in a single month.

“I think you can say things are picking up some,” said Candy Anderson, assistant planner.

The commission approved only seven large-scale development plans through November as commercial ...


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