Walmart developer faces Florida environmentalists

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MIAMI (AP) — The Palm Beach developer who wants to build a Walmart store on an area containing an endangered forest faced his opponents for the first time. Peter Cummings promised Thursday to make his project a model for environmentally sensitive development during a meeting of the Kendall Federation of Homeowners’ Associations.

The Miami Herald reports (http://hrld.us/1BBsRwz) Cummings told angry neighbors and environmentalists the four separate preserves planned for the 137-acre development could help scientists understand the disappearing Richmond pine rockland.

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