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News From the Trenches!

Eagle, CO (Jan. 5, 2010) — Voters in Eagle, Colorado, soundly defeated a proposed big-box lifestyle center yesterday in an election that saw the highest turnout in town history.
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Mendocino County, CA (Nov. 9, 2009) — Despite being outspent 12-to-1, a grassroots group campaigning against a plan to build a massive big-box complex in Mendocino County, California, won a decisive victory when voters rejected the project by a nearly 2-to-1 margin.
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Key Studies on Big-Box Retail


Key Studies on Big-Box Retail

Concise summaries of the best available research on the impact of these stores on jobs, wages, local businesses, taxes, and more. (12 pages)

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