Christian Trejbal has an editorial in yesterday’s Roanoke Times where he offers his opinion on the big box battle in Blacksburg, VA.

Opponents’ strategy right now — aside from hosting a bake sale fundraiser outside Gillies yesterday and today — is a proposed ordinance that would require large retailers to get council approval before building. It would not ban a big-box, but it is hard to imagine the current council signing off on one.

Unfortunately for the opponents, Virginia courts frown on retroactive standards. They must be kicking themselves that they did not think to pass a law years ago.

He talks about what kind of community Blacksburg is and what big boxes mean to the community.

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