The Family Dollar system operates more stores than McDonald’s, Starbucks, Target, and Walmart combined. And that’s not good news for your community.
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Reopening a neighborhood store that was a fixture in its community for decades shouldn’t be this hard.
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It’s time we change our zoning rules to allow more small commercial spaces to help spice up and enliven our residential streets and neighborhoods.
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How modifications to one city’s development codes are making it possible to add wealth and vibrancy to its struggling neighborhoods… without taking on huge future liabilities.
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Gas stations and dollar stores have taken the place of the corner store in most neighborhoods. Can this ship be turned around?
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Corner stores offer convenience, familiarity, and a small business opportunity in a hyper-local setting. But they're a rare commodity.
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What would a contemporary neighborhood in which people work and proudly display their names and livelihoods on the door be like? It's not what I'd call revolutionary, but in 2016, it's a completely novel and magnetic idea to me.
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The corner store has a mythic place in our view of American cities. Mythic because, in most cities, they exist only in our minds.
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Chuck and Rachel discuss the smart growth movement, neighborhood corner stores, and the winner of the Strongest Town contest.
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