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Article: Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott Announces 'Wal-Mart Jobs and Opportunity Zones' Initiative.
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- PR Newswire
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- April 4, 2006
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50+ Stores to Be Built in Neighborhoods That Need Wal-Mart the Most; Chicago's West Side Store to Anchor First of Ten Zones
CHICAGO, April 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In a speech this afternoon at the Newspaper Association of America's annual convention, Wal-Mart Stores CEO Lee Scott will announce the new, nationwide "Wal-Mart Jobs and Opportunity Zones" initiative. Scott also will announce that, over the next two years, Wal-Mart will build more than 50 stores in neighborhoods with high crime or unemployment rates, on sites that are environmentally contaminated, or in vacant buildings or malls in need of revitalization. These new stores are expected to create ...