Article: NO CURE FOR GHENT IN WALGREENS DISPUTE.(LOCAL)(Editorial)

The latest chapter of neighborhood preservation vs. the free market is currently playing out in Norfolk's Ghent community.

Ghent residents are riled that Walgreens, the pharmacy giant, wants to open a store at West 21st Street and Colley Avenue.

The neighborhood rightly prides itself as an island of old-fashioned charm and community spirit. Residents worry that yet another big-box pharmacy would be out of proportion with Ghent's quaint scale.Ghent is one of a dwindling number of communities where people actually use the sidewalks to get from place to place. Its unique shops, boutiques and the old Naro cinema mark Ghent as being a true alternative to ...

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