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Article: Village takes pride in Walmart Round Lake Beach reflects ahead of supercenter opening.(News)
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- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
- Article date:
- October 11, 2009
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Byline: Mick Zawislak mzawislak@dailyherald.com
The big-box age was gathering steam two decades ago as residents in and around Round Lake Beach got a taste of Walmart.
What is now the worldAEs largest retailer was unknown to many in Lake County when its first suburban Chicago store opened New YearAEs Eve 1988 along Rollins Road just west of Route 83.
"I had never heard of Walmart. I didnAEt know what it was," explained Brenda Pomianek, who had answered a newspaper ad to work at the new store. That wasnAEt a problem, however.
"From the moment it opened, we had customers," she recalled.
Nearly 21 years later, the Round Lake ...
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