We will pull all the stops for Walmart, not so much for little property owner;
The residents of Prairie Meadows subdivision get many of the benefits of living near Sioux Falls.
They drive the streets, their kids go to Sioux Falls schools and they have city sewer service.
But the 75 homes in the subdivision near 41st Street and Tea-Ellis Road aren’t in the city. Technically, they’re in Wayne Township.
“They should be part of Sioux Falls,†said Jeff Schmitt, head of planning and zoning for the city.
If that happens — and the 89-acre area has been the subject of annexation talks for years — residents could pay $25,000 per lot for improvements to streets and utilities.
Not sure what to think of this, but when the city/state is willing to put millions into infrastructure/traffic upgrades for Walmart then turn around and charge thousands for the same thing, makes you wonder a bit.