Menards Request Questioned by RFT's Chad Garrison

A for $24.1 million in tax-increment financing is "galling," Chad Garrison of the Riverfront Times wrote this week. The company plans to develop a store in part of the Hadley Township neighborhood of .

Quoting from the article about that project and :

"Who do these developers think they are -- an NFL team!? (Apologies to Stan Kroenke -- oh, wait, never mind.) And what happened to the original plan for Hadley Township -- to make it a mixed-use development with retail and housing?"

Richmond Heights communications coordinator Irene Johnson responded to his questions. Read her comments in the complete Riverfront Times article.

More about Hadley Township on Patch:

• Menards and Pace Properties Chosen to Develop Hadley in Richmond Heights
• Pace Proposes its Hadley Township Plan to City Council
• Costco and Menards Proposals Heard by Council
• Hadley Traffic: Retail Developers Give Ideas for Hanley, Dale, Elinor
• $125 Million Hadley Retail Site Proposed
• Hadley Reaction: From 'Menards. 100%' to 'This is Absurd'
• Q&A: Costco and Menards Target Hadley Area South of Elinor