Frisco, Colorado, Defeats Home Depot
Frisco, Colorado, Defeats Home Depot
Voters in Frisco, Colorado, resoundingly defeated a plan to develop a Home Depot superstore. … Read More
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Arizona Lawmakers Pledge to Ban Big-Box Subsidies
Arizona Lawmakers Pledge to Ban Big-Box Subsidies
“The practice of competing to see who will kick-back the most taxpayer money to certain mega-businesses has gotten obscene,” declared Arizona State Representative Rick Murphy,...
Big Box Votes on the Ballot
Big Box Votes on the Ballot
A look at the results of several ballot questions on big-box retail. … Read More
Washington Town Limits ‘Formula’ Businesses
Washington Town Limits ‘Formula’ Businesses
On a 4-2 vote, the City Council in Port Townsend, a community of about 8,500 people on the northwest coast of Washington state, approved an...
San Luis Obispo Voters Reject Massive Big-Box Center
San Luis Obispo Voters Reject Massive Big-Box Center
Voters in San Luis Obispo, California, have defeated a 650,000-square-foot big-box shopping center. The Marketplace project, which included a Target, Lowe’s, Whole Foods, Old Navy,...
Philadelphia Weighs “Predatory Superstore” Law
Philadelphia Weighs “Predatory Superstore” Law
Three Philadelphia City Councilors—David Cohen, Richard Mariano and Frank DiCicco—have introduced an ordinance that would bar "predatory superstores" from locating within the city. The ordinance...
Madison Limits Footprint of Big-Box Stores
Madison Limits Footprint of Big-Box Stores
By an 18-1 vote, the City Council in Madison, Wisconsin, endorsed a measure that would limit retail stores to a footprint of no more than...
Vermont Lawmakers Weigh Statewide Big-Box Law
Vermont Lawmakers Weigh Statewide Big-Box Law
If a new ordinance limiting big-box retail development in the town of Bennington, Vermont, is endorsed by voters in an April referendum, two lawmakers say...
Arizona Chain Reaction Backs Bill to End Big-Box Subsidies
Arizona Chain Reaction Backs Bill to End Big-Box Subsidies
Arizona Chain Reaction (AZCR), a coalition of nearly 600 independent businesses, has launched a campaign of phone calls and emails to urge state lawmakers to...
Big-Box Dropped from Portland Redevelopment Project
Big-Box Dropped from Portland Redevelopment Project
Responding to intense public pressure, developers in a three-way competition to redevelop a site on the east side of Portland, Oregon, have dropped plans to...
Montana Considers Tax on Big-Box Stores
Montana Considers Tax on Big-Box Stores
“That giant sucking sound you hear coming from the edge of town is the sound of money being taken out of your community by big-box...
Planning Tools for Curbing Chains and Nurturing Homegrown Businesses
Planning Tools for Curbing Chains and Nurturing Homegrown Businesses
By now, many community leaders recognize that when chain retail sprawls unchecked, main street loses, not just jobs and businesses, but the very essence of...
Bennington, Vermont, Adopts Big-Box Ordinance
Bennington, Vermont, Adopts Big-Box Ordinance
In late January, the Select Board in Bennington, Vermont, voted unanimously to ban stores over 75,000 square feet and to require retail development projects larger...
Irish Government Relaxes Big-Box Ban
Irish Government Relaxes Big-Box Ban
Under pressure from Ikea, Wal-Mart, and Costco, the Irish government has relaxed its seven-year-old cap on the size of retail stores. The changes apply to...
Homer, Alaska, Restricts Large Retail Stores
Homer, Alaska, Restricts Large Retail Stores
After two years of consideration—including a review by a city council-appointed task force, numerous public hearings, and a voter referendum—the town of Homer, Alaska, has...