Do new urbanists need to rethink their attitude toward chain stores and big-box retailers, including Wal-Mart?
"New urbanists need to rethink their attitude toward chain stores and big-box retailers, including Wal-Mart, retail consultant and planner Robert Gibbs charged during a sometimes feisty CNU Council in late February in San Diego. Gibbs, the most prominent retail adviser serving developers of new urban communities, argued that new urbanists have become elitist and unrealistic about what kinds of stores to invite into their town centers." [Editor's note: Only part of this article is available online.]
Thanks to Chris Steins
FULL STORY: Big box debate: are new urbanists elitist?
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