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In Defense Of Town Retail Vs. Out-of-town Big Boxes

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan
Thanks to: Richard Layman
27 March 2004 - 7:00am

U.K. Deputy Prime Minister Prescott weighs in for the towns.

Earlier this week, the UK Dept. of Treasury bowed to pressure from big retail chains, and agreed to relax restrictions on retail development that supported stronger "High Street" retail districts. These letters to the editor, including one from Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott, who spoke in Washington in June 2003 at the Congress for the New Urbanism, challenge the decision.

Full Story: Storing up trouble
Source: The Guardian Unlimited, March 24, 2004
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