Big-Box Swindle Author Stacy Mitchell on Connecting Retail & Growth to Community November 28, 2007

As growth in the Route 1 corridor accelerates, what can we learn from other communities? How can we avoid becoming Anyplace USA? Can we use retail as a catalyst for good community development? How can local governments avoid retail sprawl and build a vibrant local business economy? From innovative small-business initiatives to cutting-edge land-use policies, Mitchell offers communities concrete strategies that can create a more prosperous and sustainable future.

Stacy Mitchell advises numerous small business groups, elected officials and community organizations and has helped dozens of cities and towns strengthen locally owned businesses and contribute to the local economy through new land use and economic development policies. Mitchell is a senior researcher with the New Rules Project, a program of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance. She edits the Hometown Advantage Bulletin, chairs the American Independent Business Alliance and is the author of Big-Box Swindle and Hometown Advantage.

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