Communities Force Big Box Retailers To Change Look
From the Associated Press comes another example of communities working to maintain their identity by not allowing Wal-Mart to run over them without a fight:
When Wal-Mart Stores Inc. began looking around Freehold, N.J., company officials assumed it could just move into town with a standard super center and Sam's Club warehouse store. They were wrong.Aiming to protect its rich heritage from retail sprawl, the town -- established in 1693 -- had adopted an ordinance in 2002 that dictated new commercial construction would have to embrace traditional architectural styles -- colonial, Federal, Georgian or Victorian.
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Posted by Brendan - June 24, 2005 02:28 PM - In The News