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After an extensive renovation, Walmart Store No. 2201 near Cielo Vista Mall will reopen at 9 a.m. (local time), minutes after the American flag is raised to full-staff and an #ElPasoStrong banner is placed at the store's front.
The changes around the store have been visible since earlier this week. The white crosses honoring the 22 victims, banners and flowers at the makeshift memorial blocking the street behind the store have been relocated. A series of new security cameras were installed on the store's roof and the 6-foot green, covered fence that enclosed the building and its parking lot was removed.
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One of the biggest changes to the store are automated security gates installed past the glass doors on both of the store's entrances. Customers will now have to pass through a checkout line to exit the store. Walmart began installing this type of security gate in stores throughout the country prior to the shooting, said Delia Garcia, the company's senior director of communications.
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A fleet of workers wearing their navy blue vests have been working for about a month putting shelves together, hanging up clothing and shelving toiletries and food.
When employees returned to the store, the building was completely empty as construction workers finished major renovations.
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/08/09/us/el-paso-walmart-manager/index.html
"Well, I can tell you, walking into the store ... it was a little bit intimidating. A lot of mixed emotions," store manager Robert Evans told CNN. "And through this process of rebuilding and getting the store put back together, you can see the laughter, the smiles and the applause between each other and support. That's what really makes it a good recovery."
El Paso Walmart reopens as residents find healing after the horror - CNN
The changes around the store have been visible since earlier this week. The white crosses honoring the 22 victims, banners and flowers at the makeshift memorial blocking the street behind the store have been relocated. A series of new security cameras were installed on the store's roof and the 6-foot green, covered fence that enclosed the building and its parking lot was removed.
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One of the biggest changes to the store are automated security gates installed past the glass doors on both of the store's entrances. Customers will now have to pass through a checkout line to exit the store. Walmart began installing this type of security gate in stores throughout the country prior to the shooting, said Delia Garcia, the company's senior director of communications.
[...]
A fleet of workers wearing their navy blue vests have been working for about a month putting shelves together, hanging up clothing and shelving toiletries and food.
When employees returned to the store, the building was completely empty as construction workers finished major renovations.
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/08/09/us/el-paso-walmart-manager/index.html
"Well, I can tell you, walking into the store ... it was a little bit intimidating. A lot of mixed emotions," store manager Robert Evans told CNN. "And through this process of rebuilding and getting the store put back together, you can see the laughter, the smiles and the applause between each other and support. That's what really makes it a good recovery."
El Paso Walmart reopens as residents find healing after the horror - CNN
