Your Assignment:
The city council is debating whether or not to allow a large chain retailer to build a store in the
vacant lot currently used for a farmers' market. The new store would sell the chain's usual
products, but would also include groceries. Your economics class has been studying local
economies, and your teacher has asked students to write argumentative essays about this debate.
The multi-paragraph argumentative essay you write will be read by your teacher and city
council members.