Stacy Mitchell, author of Big Box Swindle: The True Cost of Mega-Retailers and the Fight for America’s Independent Businesses, will speak at the Crowne Plaza Resort, One Holiday Inn Drive, on Thursday, Jan. 25, from 7 to 9 p.m.
“Mitchell’s book shows citizens’ coalitions how to fight big-box expansion,” says Heather Rayburn of Mountain Voices Alliance, which is co-sponsoring the visit.
Mitchell is a senior researcher with the New Rules Project, which was created by the national Institute for Local Self-Reliance, a research and educational organization that supports locally based economies and community-building. Her talk is free and open to the public.
– Rebecca Bowe, editorial assistant
