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Worship at Walmart: what to do with an empty box

September 25, 2008

Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably

Tags:
abandoned, automobiledependence, carlinville, community, sprawl, vacantproperty, wal-mart, walmart

  All across the country, communities have been struggling with what to do with their abandoned Walmarts.  Hundreds of the giant chain's stores have now become decaying, empty big boxes parked on asphalt in one town after another.  In most...continued

How much parking space does one Wal-Mart need?

August 11, 2008

Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably

Tags:
automobiledependence, bigboxstores, parking, sprawl, wal-mart

 A lot, the giant company apparently thinks.  But not as much as they think, say the facts:12:30 pm, Buncombe County, south of Asheville, NC, last week (August 6)For a startling depiction of the company's spread across the American landscape, see...continued

Candor from Wal-Mart?

March 19, 2008

Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably

Tags:
bigboxstores, sprawl, sustainability, wal-mart

 I've been pretty hard on Wal-Mart and, believe me, they've earned it with their land-use practices.  I awarded them my Thanksgiving turkey and then followed up with my despair over a news story touting their sustainability efforts.The problem with most...continued

Kaid Benfield
Kaid Benfield
Director, Smart Growth Program
Washington, DC
Co-founder, LEED for Neighborhood Development rating system; co-founder, Smart Growth America coalition; author, Once There...
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