Many surveys show that people prefer to live in walkable communities, but often development, including development of grocery stores, is at odds with this data. Instead of building in urban centers, many developments over the past few years are based on a suburban model.
Empire State Future’s website has an article about how one grocery store chain, Price Chopper, is investing in urban centers. The article mentions Main Street First and the proposed quarry development, which was a potential home for a Price Chopper store.
From the article:
Empire State Future’s meeting with Price Chopper officials comes less than two years since ESF assisted a local group, Main Street First in Little Falls, in an effort to prevent a sprawl inducing strip mall that would have severely impacted the downtown center. The strip mall was expected to put the existing grocer and other stores on Main Street out of business, stores that countless seniors and other residents who do not have access to personal automobiles rely on. Price Chopper was reported to be interested in the site. Empire State Future remains optimistic that Price Chopper will continue to prove that they are strong community stewards by exploring alternatives that the Little Falls community supports, which reduces the costly expansion of public infrastructure.
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