Group sees Wal-Mart threat to Vermont
Historic trust group says new stores would smash state's rural life.
May 24, 2004: 10:59 AM EDT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vermont was designated an "endangered place" Monday by preservationists who say Wal-Mart, the world's biggest retailer, threatens the picturesque state with huge new stores that smash rural life.
In its annual list of most endangered historic places, the National Trust for Historic Preservation included the state of Vermont because of an "onslaught of big-box" stores by Wal-Mart , the Arkansas-based retailer.
