I SOOOO wish this was Costco instead.

Great, no more having to go down to rte 59. Wish it was going in the old Lowe's in Oswego, though.

Pretty sure there's a an empty store front down the road (Lowe's) that could accomodate a Sam's Club with minimal construction costs. Paging Oswego economic development department...

I agree they should use lowes if they come but I'm not looking forward to all the traffic it would bring with it!!!

Soo funny before I read comments I was thinking... Couldn't this go in the old lowes? Guess we are all thinking this??? Why isn't the city?

Lowes is in Oswego, this will be good for the area, but Montgomery will benefit from the tax revenue.

Sorry Montgomery. I understand you want the revenue, but I am concerned about the traffic that will be amassing at that intersection. Former Lowes location would better.

As a resident and member of the plan commission for Montgomery, I'm thrilled Sam's is coming to Montgomery. The old Lowe's location in Oswego can stay just that. An old Lowe's location. It's time for the residents of Montgomery to be concerned with the economic development of Montgomery and not spend our hard earned dollars in other municipalities.

Living close to that area, I'm not 100% on board with this. That's great that Montgomery will have economic development, but we are the ones that will have to deal with the extra traffic and the eye soar of seeing yet another huge store on a once vacant piece of land.

THRILLED with this news! I am tired of driving to 59 to shop. About time!

Montgomery can have Sams, I wish Oswego would beg Costco to move into the old lowes bulding, Costco would draw all the business, now Oswego needs to focus on how to get a Trader Joes, then this area would be complete!

From everything I've heard from work this past month looks as though a fitness center might be taking the Lowes old spot. While it would be nice to have a Sam's or Costco move in it's too small for either. The parking lot alone couldn't handle the traffic and there's no where for a gas station which they all have, the 2 go together.

Great to see Sam's come! It will bring people from Yorkville, Sandwich and the surrounding areas who will all hopefully patronize the stores in Oswego along the
way. We need revenue to help with our taxes!

People should have lived here when you had to drive under the old bridge and if it flooded( happened often) you had to drive all over kingdom come to get back on 34. Not to forget that it was also a 2 line road that sometimes had Wackerlin's cows crossing it. That was something to complain about.

Yay! I don't have any desire to drive down to 59 for Sam's or Costco, but if it's by someplace we already shop, that would be great! We would definitely shop there!

Does Oswego have an economic development department? Where were they on this? There aren't going to be many opportunities to fill a vacant store the size of former Lowe's and this one appears to be passing Oswego by. I wonder how hard Oswego tried to get this...if at all. I'll also agree with the other comments, given the choice, I'd take Costco over Sam's any day but I've not heard any serious Costco rumors for Oswego. Have you?

I am positive that the owners from Sam's considered the Lowe's spot. After all, Sam's and Walmart are owned by the same people and that would put them next to each other as they would probably prefer, like it is at Fox Valley. Clearly, the Location at Lowe's doesn't offer the particular necessities needed as mentioned above by Mr. Hines.
While they would need the gas station, it would not be a complete necessity as Walmart already has one. At Fox Valley there is one for both stores. Plus you can't add another gas station between Walmart and Meyers, can you?
Just sayin'

sounds to me like people want it in the old lowes spot.

I am in agreeance with many here; use the Lowes Building. If Sams moves in I Hope for 2 things: 1) construction for more traffic lanes will be added before they build Sams; 2) Sams Club and Montgomery Economic Development come to the table and state that Sam's Club MUST PAY A LIVING WAGE. SAMS MUST START AT AN HOURLY WAGE OF $12/HR.
Hopefully Oswego Econ & Dev is opening up discussions with Costco and get them in the Lowes Building?

The old Lowes building is suited for only one thing...a Lowes! Do you really thing another big company is going to change a blueprint they already have to make a building like that work for what they already have mastered. Blueprints are not cheap. If I hear another comment about a book store for Oswego I am going to hurl. Would it be nice? Sure. Will it happen? Never. Amazon and other online sites destroyed bookstores. Go get a Kindle. We just hired an EDD in Oswego, he doesnt move that quick. If Trader Joes wanted to be here they would be already.

lowes needs to become a costco please

I would like a Trader Joe's in Oswego so we don't have to travel to downtown Naperville area.

We moved from Naperville to Yorkville. If you want those businesses to come out here, you need to get on their websites and TELL them! Trader Joe's, PotBelly's, etc. all have new business development sections on their websites. Be specific...tell them about an intersection & why it will benefit them. Get on their radar!

And forget big chain bookstores. Why don't we lobby Anderson's to open a quality mom & pop independent bookstore out here? They have a tremendous reputation and bring fantastic authors out for book signings.

Most big bookstore chains are all going out of business because of all the electronic book options and even the smaller bookstores are struggling for survival and would not be expanding at this time. I too would love it if there was a bookstore in the area but that just isn't going to happen. I'm also not crazy about the traffic that would be brought here by either a Sam's or Costco. It's really not that difficult to drive 10 min to the current locations.

It takes a lot longer than 10 minutes to drive to Sam's on Rte 59 from Oswego. I will be glad to have a Sam's that is a lot closer.

Bring the traffic, bring the stores and help bring our taxes down. With the overcrowding of schools and the inability of opening either additions without additional revenue I welcome any and all forms of money this town can get. They didn't turn 34 into 4 lanes for nothing. Can't wait for April when we can vote for new candidates that will allow businesses to come in. I've had my fill of flipping the bill for schools and all the rest. Let someone or something else pick up the tab!

I believe studies were done with collaborative thinkers to make a wise decision on where the Sams Club should go. Yes - The old Lowes building was considered for the SC, however (I believe) a traffic study proved results that the Montgomery location was BEST.

More minium wage jobs, w/ poor benitits oh great just what we need. Personally I dont shop at wall world, or sambos. No thanks.I dont care where they build, and why should any town give them any tax deals, either build here or dont. It would be better for ALL tax payers if towns didn't get bribed into tax deals. How come its OK to bribe a town for business favors.Let me know how that works on your next ticket.

My inside sources have told me that Sams looked into the Lowes building and that they want too much money for it. Less money for Sams to build what they want instead of paying out so much for the existing building. Even though Sams is going to Montgomery, Oswego Fire Protection District will receive the tax benefits for their services to them. So Oswego doesn't lose out completely in the deal.

The school district in Oswego as well.... will benefit from this project. So again, another win-win for both communities!

In early 2012, Sam’s had a contract to purchase the Lowe’s site for approximately 6 months. During this time period, Lowe’s real estate personnel did not entertain any offers or actively market the site. The site decision involved an internal Wal-Mart debate relating to the final selection. The Lowe’s site was much less costly to retrofit when compared to a new store construction. However, the deciding factor was apparently the desire to construct a “prototype” store that could be designed on the vacant Montgomery site, and the higher traffic counts at the Route 30/34 intersection were also a major factor. Village Staff had been in contact with Costco and other big box retailers for the space, however none were interested at the time.

Our new Village of Oswego Economic Development Director Vijay Gadde, considers the Lowe’s space a high priority and will continue to work with Lowe’s real estate personnel and market the property to interested retailers.

sounds as though there might be some Jewel space coming available as well ... (just guessing from the news in January) Sad to see all these vacant spots. Are they closing because of economic shrinkage, or closing because Oswego did not sustain the astronomical growth rates expected ?

When will we see an update about the meeting on Tuesday regarding Sam's in Montgomery?