Big-box vision for Independence draws supporters, critics 
By Caitlin Coakley, staff writer
Published: January 28,2011
Susan Lindsay remembers when she was a teenager, in the 1950s, how she and her cousins used to “cruise” Independence Boulevard, popping into the mom-and-pop shops along the road. “It was the typical early ‘50s strip development,” said Lindsay, vice president of Charlotte East Community Partners, an advocacy group for east Charlotte. Since then, the [...]
