{"id":8573,"date":"2019-04-05T11:33:08","date_gmt":"2019-04-05T15:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=8573"},"modified":"2019-04-05T11:33:15","modified_gmt":"2019-04-05T15:33:15","slug":"batavia-wal-mart-gives-back-to-the-community-during-their-remodel-re-opening-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2019\/04\/05\/batavia-wal-mart-gives-back-to-the-community-during-their-remodel-re-opening-celebration\/","title":{"rendered":"BATAVIA\/Wal-Mart gives back to the community during their remodel\/re-opening celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wal-Mart in Batavia celebrated their remodel\/re-opening with a morning celebration at their Veteran&#8217;s Memorial Drive store on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-attachment-id=\"8574\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2019\/04\/05\/batavia-wal-mart-gives-back-to-the-community-during-their-remodel-re-opening-celebration\/walmart-still-1-ribbon\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Walmart-still-1-ribbon.jpg?fit=640%2C360&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,360\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Walmart still 1 ribbon\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Walmart-still-1-ribbon.jpg?fit=640%2C360&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Walmart-still-1-ribbon.jpg?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8574\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Walmart-still-1-ribbon.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Walmart-still-1-ribbon.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Walmart-still-1-ribbon.jpg?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Diane Waters, who was store manager when Wal-Mart opened it&#8217;s doors in Batavia in 1995, celebrated the opening with a ribbon cutting. Waters, who is now Senior Manager for Academy\/Home Office, also introduced the new store manager Roger Couch, who comes from the Lancaster store.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"900\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pkXDedrpxLQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 220,000 square foot store with 340 employees has been remodeled from top to bottom, new flooring, new lighting and fixtures, new HVAC along with a reorganized store. The 13 week project is almost complete. Waters says the exterior of the store will be re-painted when warmer weather arrives. It will be a blue and gray color scheme. The remodel started January 6th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;This is more of a current floor plan you see in other Wal-Mart stores to make it more efficient for customers to shop,&#8221; says Waters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-attachment-id=\"8575\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2019\/04\/05\/batavia-wal-mart-gives-back-to-the-community-during-their-remodel-re-opening-celebration\/walmart-still-2-asscoxiates\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Walmart-still-2-asscoxiates.jpg?fit=640%2C360&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,360\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Walmart still 2 asscoxiates\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Walmart-still-2-asscoxiates.jpg?fit=640%2C360&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Walmart-still-2-asscoxiates.jpg?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Walmart-still-2-asscoxiates.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Walmart-still-2-asscoxiates.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Walmart-still-2-asscoxiates.jpg?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Waters also recognized several associates who have been working at the store since it opened in 1995.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the celebration, 7 recipients of Cyber Grants were announced. The grants are offered through the Wal-Mart Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-attachment-id=\"8576\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2019\/04\/05\/batavia-wal-mart-gives-back-to-the-community-during-their-remodel-re-opening-celebration\/walmart-still-3-city-schools\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Walmart-still-3-city-schools.jpg?fit=640%2C360&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,360\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Walmart still 3 city schools\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Walmart-still-3-city-schools.jpg?fit=640%2C360&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Walmart-still-3-city-schools.jpg?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Walmart-still-3-city-schools.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Walmart-still-3-city-schools.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Walmart-still-3-city-schools.jpg?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">County Law enforcement from Batavia Police and the Sheriff&#8217;s Department received $2800. Genesee County CASA received $500, John Kennedy School received $500, Batavia Schools received $1,000, Elba Schools received $420, Project Stork received $250 and Sebastian&#8217;s Legos received $1,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you are a 501C3\/non- profit organization, you can apply for up to $5,000 per year. The store manager chooses the organizations that receive the grants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Each store has a different amount of money,&#8221;says Waters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The distribution depends on what the size of the customer base. Bigger stores with a higher amount of customers will have more grant money for the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Waters says there is still money available and non-profit organizations can contact the new store manager, Roger Couch, or go online at Walmart.com and click on Cyber Grants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The local store also has grants available for local organizations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wal-Mart in Batavia celebrated their remodel\/re-opening with a morning celebration at their Veteran&#8217;s Memorial Drive store on Friday. Diane Waters, who was store manager when Wal-Mart opened it&#8217;s doors in Batavia in 1995, celebrated the opening with a ribbon cutting. Waters, who is now Senior Manager for Academy\/Home Office, also \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2019\/04\/05\/batavia-wal-mart-gives-back-to-the-community-during-their-remodel-re-opening-celebration\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8574,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[1569],"class_list":["post-8573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-batavia","tag-wal-mart-remodel"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-2eh","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":137,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2016\/12\/17\/batavia-sheriffs-department-and-wal-mart-team-up-to-recreate-the-shop-with-a-cop-event-for-kids-who-could-not-attend\/","url_meta":{"origin":8573,"position":0},"title":"BATAVIA  Sheriff&#8217;s Department and Wal-mart team up to recreate the &#8220;Shop with a Cop&#8221; event for kids who could not attend","author":"aka","date":"December 17, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"[supsystic-gallery id=\"3\"] BATAVIA Sheriff's Department and Wal-mart team up to recreate the \"Shop with a Cop\" event for kids who could not attend The Genesee County Sheriff's Department reached out to Wal-mart this past week to see if they could team up to recreate the \"Shop with a Cop\" event\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Batavia&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Batavia","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/category\/gennesse-county\/batavia\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/1.jpg?fit=960%2C595&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/1.jpg?fit=960%2C595&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/1.jpg?fit=960%2C595&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/1.jpg?fit=960%2C595&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":121,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2016\/12\/10\/batavia-shop-with-a-cop-brings-kids-and-cops-together-at-wal-mart\/","url_meta":{"origin":8573,"position":1},"title":"BATAVIA  &#8220;Shop with a Cop&#8221; brings kids and cops together at Wal-mart","author":"aka","date":"December 10, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"[supsystic-gallery id=\"2\"] BATAVIA \"Shop with a Cop\" brings kids and cops together at Wal-mart Thanks to a partnership between Wal-mart and local law enforcement, 65 children were able to participate in \"Shop with a Cop\" Saturday morning at the Batavia Wal-mart. 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