From the Preserve Portsmouth press release:

Preserve Portsmouth Presents:
Stacy Mitchell (web site)
Author, Senior Researcher with the Institute for Local Self Reliance

Big Box Swindle	Hometown Advantage

Thursday September 13 6:30 pm
GreenValley Country Club Union St. Portsmouth, RI

Presentation, questions and answers to follow.

Books available at Island Books, Middletown.

Donations gratefully accepted to benefit Preserve Portsmouth

In less than two decades, large retail chains have become the most powerful corporations in America. In this deft and revealing book, Stacy Mitchell illustrates how mega-retailers are fueling many of our most pressing problems, from the shrinking middle class to rising pollution and diminished civic engagement. She then shows how a growing number of communities and independent businesses are effectively fighting back.