Effects of Big Box Retail Development Without Regional Planning

Guest Speakers:
David J. Kramer, Retail Developer
Zach Schiller, Policy Matters
Ohio
Jaclyn
Staci, Ohio Jobs With Justice
Paul Alsenas,
Cuyahoga
County Planning Director

Thursday, May 18th
Corporate College (Tri-C)
4400 Richmond Road, Warrensville Heights, Ohio
44128
6:30 pm            Meet & Greet, Tour of Facility
7:00 pm            Welcome
7:15 pm            Program (followed by Q&A)
There is a $10 fee for Non-members/Guests

Please make reservations no later than Monday, May 15th to:
Kathy Gambatese, 216-481-1685, fax 216-383-6320, email kgambatese@aol.com   ----------------------------------------------

REF:  
Regulation of Large Retail Establishments (Big Box Retail)
[Excellent resources for consideration impacts and possible regulations]
Introduction, Definitions, Articles, Design Guidelines, Code Examples, Size Limits, Economic Impacts of Larg, Retail Establishments.  The Municipal Research & Services Center (MRSC) is a non-profit, independent organization created in 1969 to continue programs established in 1934 under the Bureau of Governmental Research at the
University of
Washington.
http://www.mrsc.org/Subjects/Planning/BigBoxRetail.aspx

Retail Caps for Retail Glut:
Smart Growth Tools for Main Street
National Trust for Historic Preservation, 2002
http://www.nationaltrust.org/issues/smartgrowth/toolkit/toolkit_retailcaps.pdf

Big Box Retail in
Austin (
Texas)
Prepared for The City of
Austin, by Texas Perspectives, Inc and Gateway Planning Group, June 1, 2004
http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/redevelopment/downloads/Big%20Box.Austin.final.pdf

The Impact of Big Box Grocers on
Southern California: Jobs, Wages, and Municipal Finances
The Coalition of Tri-Lakes Communities (Monument,
Colorado)
http://www.coalitiontlc.org/big_box_study.htm

The Impact of Big Box Development on
Toronto's Retail Structure
by Ken Jones and Michael Doucet, 1999-01
http://www.csca.ryerson.ca/publications/1999-01.html

Managing
Maryland's Growth: Models and Guidelines
Maryland Department of Planning, October 2001
http://www.mdp.state.md.us/mgs/bigbox/bigbox_v3.pdf

Big Box Sprawl (And How to Control It)
Municipal Lawyer, March/April, 2002
http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:epImfZJMMrQJ:www.nationaltrust.org/issues/smartgrowth/big_box_sprawl.pdf+%22Big-Box+Sprawl+(And+How+to+Control+It)%22&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=1
http://www.nthp.org/issues/smartgrowth/Big_Box_Sprawl.pdf [There is something wrong with this link]