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Community Economic Development

Feature:

The Economic Impact of Wal-Mart: An Assessment of the Wal-Mart Store Proposed for Chicago's West Side
March 2004; Chirag Mehta, Ron Baiman, Joe Persky

Abstract
The prospect of the opening of a new Wal-Mart store on the west side of Chicago has raised concerns about its potential impact on existing retailers. While Wal-Mart and its advocates suggest that the store will have a positive impact by adding jobs and income to the local economy, a more careful analysis is necessary to understand the net benefits associated with the proposed development. This study assesses the likely impact of a new Wal-Mart store on other local retailers and the resulting employment and tax revenue impacts on the City of Chicago and its residents.

Publications:

General Community Development
Neighborhood Development Studies
Commercial Development
Industrial Retention/Relations
Labor Force Based Economic Development
Resources, Manuals, and Tools

 

General Community Development

• Impact of the Chicago Empowerment Zone's Economic Development Incentives on the West Side Neighborhood; (Paper #445)
• REACH: Renters Escrow and Community Housing Fund Security Deposit Conflicts in Chicago Under the Residential Landlord-Tenany Ordinance; (Paper #400)
• UIC Arts Center Focus Groups; (September 1995, Paper #391)
• Forging Partnership for a Healthy, Viable Community: Provident Hospital, Urban Development Corporation and 'North Washington Park' Area Residents; (November 1993, Paper #386)
• The First Year of PRAG; (September 1993, Paper #372)
• Open Space Needs in Chicago's Chinatown Area; (Paper #375)
• Federal Priorities for Community Development Recommendation to the Clinton-Gore Administration; (January 1993; Paper #369)
• Work Book for the Planning Meeting for a National Conference on Demilitarization and Transition to Civilianization, April 27, 1992; (April 1992, Paper #358)
• Taylor Street Parking Demand and Supply Study; (August 1990, Paper #371)
• Community Inc.: The Rationalization of Civic Life; (1987, Paper #200)

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Neighborhood Community Development Studies

• Greater Grand Boulevard Economic Development Study; (June 1986, Paper #212)
• Community Development Options: An Assessment of the Economic Conditions in Uptown; (April 1986, Paper #219)
• The Feasibility of A Catering Company: A Proposed Business Venture For Mujeres Latinas En Accion (MLEA); (1985, Paper #215)
• The Feasibility of a Catering Company: A Proposed Business Venture for Mujeres Latinas En Accion (MLEA); (1985, Paper #210)
• Harvard on Halsted Street: Dilemmas of Neighborhood Advocacy In Academia; (November 1985, Paper #172)
• Roseland: Needs Assessment and Organizational Infrastructure, An Introduction; (June 1985, Paper #208)
• Energy Conservation in the Low and Moderate Income Residential Sector: Possibilities and Contradictions; (October 1984, Paper #205)
• Neighborhood Broad Discussion Paper for Grand Boulevard Community Development Corporation; (1984, Paper #199)
• An Assessment of the Economic Conditions of Humboldt Park And West Town and Options for Economic Development; (November 1984, Paper #198)
• Harvey Theater Building Rehab Study; (November 1984, Paper #196)
• Market Analysis for a Community Energy Retrofit Business with Organization of the Northeast; (June 1984, Paper #193)
• Feasibility Analysis for a Micro-computer Repair Training Program; (September 1983, Paper #190)
• The Displacement of Storefront Businesses in Downtown Chicago 1976-1981; (August 1982, Paper #174)
• Day Care Recommendations for Community Enterprises, Inc.; (June 1983, Paper #184)
• Economic Development in South-East Chicago; (1983, Paper #182)
• Market Analysis and Marketing Strategies for the Greater Illinois People's Cooperative; (February 1983, Paper #176)
• Market and Financial Analysis for Video Production Corporation With Community Television Network; (August 1983, Paper #175)
• Market and Financial Analysis For a Mail Order Book Business; (February 1983, Paper 170)
• Market Feasibility Analysis For the Expansion of New Life Housing Management Company; (February 1983, Paper #169)
• Market Feasibility Analysis For a Cooperative Supermarket in Robbins, Illinois; (1982, Paper #171)
• Market Feasibility Analysis for an Automotive Repair Cooperative; (1982, Paper #166)
• Market Feasibility Analysis For an Automotive Repair Cooperative; (1982, Paper #154)
• Needs Assessment For Day Care Services in Little Village; (1982, Paper #165)
• Market Analysis For a Home Repair and Insulation Service; (March 1982, Paper #163)
• Grand Portage Lodge Project Critique; (August 1981, Paper #157)
• South Shore Energy Store: Market Feasibility and Organizational Alternatives; (October 1981, Paper #153)
• Grand Boulevard Revitalization: A Comprehensive Approach; (June 1986, Paper #152)
• Business Service Center: Needs Assessment Survey, Volume 1; (December 1982, Paper #149(1))
• Business Service Center: Background Information for Business Service Center Implementation, Volume 2; (December 1982, Paper #149(2))
• Community Health Clinic Feasibility Study for Accounters Community Center; (March 1981, Paper #135)
• Management Plan for 79th and Cottage Grove Commercial Strip; (October 1981, Paper #131)
• A Study of the Feasibility of Forming a Construction Company for the 18th Street Development Corporation; (December 1980, Paper #129)
• Analysis of Development Potentials 47th Street and King Drive Project: A Reevaluation; (April 1980, Paper 121)
• Preliminary Market Analysis of the Commercial Development Potential in the Monterrey Vincennes Area; (June 1980, Paper #110)
• Market Analysis of Fifth City Shopping Proposed Expansion; (Paper #105)
• Disinvestment in South Shore's Large Rental Properties; (Paper #095)

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Commercial Development

• Retail Industry Survey and Analysis; (April 1996, Paper #407)
• Retail Banking Services in South Austin and West Garfield Park; (Paper # 403)
• Village of Maywood Commercial Development Assessment; (May 1994, Paper #374)
• Chatham Business Association: Parking Facility Proposed for 79th and Rhodes; (June 1993, Paper #368)
• Challenge and Opportunity: The Economic Development of Chicago's Chinatown; (October 1992, Paper #356)
• A Preliminary Feasibility Assessment of the Manos Project (for Travelers and Immigrants Aid); (August 1992, Paper #357)
• The Retail Sector in Dixmoor: Analysis and Options for Action; (June 1994, Paper #347-B)
• The Retail Sector in Ford Heights: Analysis and Strategies for Revitalization; (Paper #347-C)
• The Retail Sector in Harvey: Analysis and Alternatives for Revitalization; (May 1994, Paper # 347-D)
• The Retail Sector in Phoenix: Assessment and Alternative Recommendations; (April 1994, Paper #347-E)
• Analysis of Retail in the Village of Robbins and Alternatives for Revitalization; (June 1994, Paper #347-F)
• Business Credit Needs Analysis for the South Suburban Communities of City of Harvey and Villages of Dixmoor, Ford Heights, Phoenix, and Robbins; (June 1994, Paper # 347-H)
• Alternative Employment Impacts of the Proposed McCormick Place Expansion; (June 1991, Paper #335)
• Commercial Lending to Neighborhood Business: An Analysis of Bank Lending Patterns and a Look at Business Listing Databases; (June 1991, Paper # 309)
• Ford Heights Commercial Development Study; (May 1991, Paper #323)
• Commercial and Housing Priorities and Needs in North Kenwood-Oakland: Results of a Community Survey; (January 1991, Paper #314)
• The Propsed Lake Calumet Airport: A review of the issues; (December 1990, Paper 322)
• Parking Demand Study for Retail Transit Center in the Howard Area in Chicago, Illinois; (May 1990, Paper #307)
• Business Plan for Purrfect Services - A Worker's Cooperative Cleaning Company; (July 1989, Paper #281)
• Market Feasibility Analysis for a Proposed Chicago Commons Proprietary Industrial Training Facility; (May 1989, Paper #268-A)
• Appendices to Market Feasibility Analysis for a Proposed Chicago Commons Proprietary Industrial Training Facility; (June 1989, Paper #268-B)
• Analysis of the Pilsen Triangle Plan; (March 1989, Paper #266)
• Economic and Fiscal Impacts of a Third Airport; (March 1989, Paper #265)
• A Comparative Analysis of the Tax Base of the Commercial Avenue Special Service Area for Two Assessment Periods: 1979-83 and 1983-85; (September 1987, Paper #247)
• Community Impacts of Proposed Community Shopping Center at the W. F. Hall Printing Company Site; (March 1987, Paper #249)
• Preliminary Analysis of the Market for Movie Attendance in the Englewood Area and Potential Capture of the Englewood Theater; (July 1986, Paper #232)
• Preventive Maintenance Program for the Fulton-Carroll Complex; (January 1983, Paper #113)
• Analysis of Food Store Potential-South Austin Community; (1981, Paper #141)
• Millwork Shop Market Analysis; (June 1981, Paper #144)

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Industrial Retention/Relations

• Target Industry Case Study for The Illinois Research and Development Corridor; (July 1992, Paper #364)
• Chicago's Fabricated Metals Industry: A Background Paper; (April 1990, Paper #304(1))
• Chicago's Food Processing Industry: A Background Paper; (April 1990, Paper #304(2))
• Labor Market Profiles: Wisconsin Steel, Pullman, Calumet Expressway Industrial Parks; (August 1989, Paper 297(1))
• Labor Market Profiles: Sun Gate Industrial Park/Northwest Center for Industry; (August 1989, Paper 297(2))
• Labor Market Profiles: Crawford, Kedzie & Stockyards Industrial Parks; (August 1989, Paper 297(3))
• Labor Market Profiles: Goose Island Enterprise & Chicago Technology Industrial Parks; (August 1989, Paper 297(4))
• Labor Market Profiles: Bradley Place Industrial Parks; (August 1989, Paper 297(5))
• Labor Market Profiles: Victoria-Pulaski, Read-Dunning and O'Hare Industrial Parks; (August 1989, Paper 297(6))
• Economic Audit of Chicago: An Identification of Target Industries; (July 1989, Paper #291-A)
• Appendices to Economic Audit of Chicago: An Identification of Target Industries; (August 1989, Paper #291-B)
• Kerr Corporation: An Industry and Financial Analysis; (December 1987, Paper #259)
• The Printers Row: A Case of Industrial Displacement; (Summer 1987, Paper #247-A)
• The Printing Industry in the Chicago Metropolitan Area: Trends And Prospects; (December 1987, Paper #213)
• Industrial Analysis as a Tool for Economic Development; (March 1986, Paper #147)
• Industrial Displacement in Major American Cities and Related Policy Options; (February 1985, Paper #214)
• West Side Jobs Retention Network-Report #3: Factory Closing and Early Warning Indicators; (January 1985, Paper #195(3))
• West Side Jobs Retention Network-Report #1: Profile of Manufacturing Industries for Cook County and Expanded Target Area; (1984, Paper #195(1))
• West Side Jobs Retention Network-Report #2: Target Area Labor Market; (1984, Paper #195(2))
• Investigations into the Proposed Industrial Reuse of the Schoenhofen Brewery and the Role of the Pilsen Housing and Business; (1984, Paper #181)
• Strategies For Target Area Industrial Development Prepared for the Greater North Pulaski Development Corporation; (January 1983, Paper #155)
• Schoenhofen Brewery Industrial Opportunities: A Preliminary Report; (January 1981, Paper #142)
• Proposal for a Demonstration Industrial Redevelopment Project; (August 1980, Paper #140)

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Labor Force Based Economic Development

• Coordinating Economic Development and Conversion Efforts for Chicago Defense Contractors; (January 1993, Paper #355)
• Labor Force Based Development: An Approach to Urban Employment Problems; (June 1990, Paper #317)
• Labor Force Based Economic Development Priorities for Southeast Chicago; (1986, Paper #231-A)
• Labor Force Based Economic Development Project: South Chicago Presentation; (May 1986, Paper #231-B)
• Labor Force Based Economic Development University Center Challenge Grant Report to EDA; (December 1986, Paper #228)
• Trends and Prospects for Steel Production in Chicago: A Discussion Paper; (October 1985, Paper #225)
• The Stewart-Warner Corporation: A Financial Analysis; (January 1987, Paper #222)
• West Side Job Retention Network; (January 1985, Paper #221)

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Resources, Tools, and Manuals

• Retail Market Analysis: A Manual for Preliminary Analysis of Neighborhood Retail Opportunities in Chicago; (1980, revised 1994, revised 2003)
• West Cluster Collaborative Funding Directory; (Paper #444)
• Pilsen Tax Increment Financing District: An Analysis of Financing; (Paper #441)
• West Side Community Directory; (Paper #426)
• Project Quest: An Embedded Network Employment and Training Organization; (May 1996, Paper #421)
• Employment, Housing and Anti-Displacement Services in West Town; (December 1995, Paper #414)
• Austin Community Organization Directory; (December 1995, Paper #406)
• Illinois Resource Information System: Preliminary Report Operational Issues and Recommendations; (Paper #334-A)
• Illinois Resource Information System: Preliminary System Description; (Paper #334-B)
• Illinois Resource Information System: Final System Description; (Paper #334-C)
• Executive Summary of the Illinois Resource Information System: Final Description; (Paper #334-D)
• Illinois Resource Information System: IRIS Software Documentation: Modifications to PC INFO; (Paper #334-E)
• User Experience With Industrial Revenue Bonds; (February 1991, Paper #329)
• Community Economic Development Strategies:A Manual for Local Action; (1987)
• Business Spin-Off: Planning the Organizational Structure of Business Activities; (1982)
• Chicago Map Directory; (October 1980, Paper #136)
  

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