Posted by Kaid Benfield in Environmental Justice , Living Sustainably
Can a Walmart anchor transit-oriented revitalization? Charlotte city council member Nancy Carter seems to think so. From News 14 Carolina's web site: "Soon, the boarded-up store fronts and run-down parking lots that make up the mostly vacant Amity...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably
To Bruce Springsteen's fans who were shocked that that their hero gave an exclusive album deal to Walmart, the Boss says it was a mistake. Longtime music critic Jon Pareles writes in yesterday's New York Times: "He...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably
Reluctantly leaving inaugural bliss to return to real life, I ask: Is Walmart now a NIMBY? Judging by the iconic retailer's reaction to the plan for a new town center in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, maybe so. According to a...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably
Several years ago, when we were researching and outlining Solving Sprawl, my co-author Jutka Terris advocated strongly for the inclusion of the example of using conservation easements on private land to protect Maryland's historic Antietam battlefield from sprawl development. ...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably
Writing in yesterday's Washington Post, Joel Garreau (Edge City, Radical Evolution) collects ideas from several accomplished designer and developer types on how to reshape old big-box retail stores into spaces more suited to the 21st-century. It's a subject I've...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably
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→
