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| name = The Home Depot #4926
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| storenumber = 4926
| location = [[High Ridge Centre (Racine, Wisconsin)|High Ridge Centre]]
| address = [[2429 South Green Bay Road (Racine, Wisconsin)|2429 South Green Bay Road]]
| city_state = [[Racine, Wisconsin]]
| opened = August 24, 2000
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'''The Home Depot #4926''', also known as '''Racine #4926''', is a [[The Home Depot|Home Depot]] home improvement store located at [[High Ridge Centre (Racine, Wisconsin)|High Ridge Centre]], [[2429 South Green Bay Road (Racine, Wisconsin)|2429 South Green Bay Road]], [[Racine, Wisconsin|Racine]], [[Wisconsin]].<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20150213065805/http://sd.site88.net/thd_store_list.pdf The Home Depot US Store Listing], site88.net</ref><ref>[
==History==
A Home Depot store was originally announced for the Racine area in May 1999, to be located at the northwest corner of Green Bay Road and [[Washington Avenue (Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin)|Washington Avenue]] in [[Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin|Mount Pleasant]], as the main anchor of the proposed Prairie Crossing shopping center.<ref>Burke, Michael. [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87477976/ "Paving the way for Home Depot store: State officials design changes to intersection of highways 20/31"], [[Racine Journal Times]], May 11, 1999, front page.</ref> Local residents protested the plan, arguing that the development would add heavy traffic to the intersection of Green Bay Road and Washington Avenue, already "the state's busiest intersection outside of Milwaukee".<ref>Block, Dustin. [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87478029/ "Nearly 200 jam hearing on proposed Home Depot: Plan Commission may vote today"], [[Racine Journal Times]], May 19, 1999, page 1B.</ref> Despite the controversy, the Mount Pleasant Town Board initially approved the plan in July 1999.<ref>Block, Dustin. [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87478157/ "Home Depot agreement pounded out: Mount Pleasant's town board passes amended proposal"], [[Racine Journal Times]], July 13, 1999, front page.</ref>
However, as opposition grew from local residents, the Racine County Board reversed the town's decision in August by rejecting the zoning changes necessary for the shopping center's construction.<ref>Steinkraus, David. [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87478217/ "County rejects Home Depot: Board votes against plan for rezoning Highway 31"], [[Racine Journal Times]], August 11, 1999, front page.</ref> The site where Prairie Crossing would have been built is now home to the [[Mount Pleasant Village Center (Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin)|Mount Pleasant Village Center]], with a Kohl's department store occupying roughly the space where the Home Depot would have been located.
Home Depot retooled its plans in October 1999, when the bankrupt [[Hechinger Company]] announced it was selling the properties of dozens of its former [[Builders Square]] stores, including that of the High Ridge Centre location in Racine.<ref>Burke, Michael. [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87478357/ "Store could house hardware swap: Home Depot considers ex-Builders Square site among its area options"], [[Racine Journal Times]], October 20, 1999, page 8A.</ref> Home Depot began renovating the former Builders Square building in March 2000 and opened the store in August.<ref name=opening-aug00/>
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