While some small business owners in Midtown and Wynwood believe a Walmart would be bad for the neighborhood, one of the main authorities in the Puerto Rican business community -- which settled in the area long before it became trendy -- thinks exactly the opposite.
"I do shop at Walmart from time to time, and I think it's going to be an economic booster for the community," said Luis de Rosa, president of the Puerto Rican Chamber of Commerce of South Florida, which is located just east of the Shops at Midtown, on 36th Street.
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