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  • Head Start Early Childhood Center: Reused Kmart Building, Hastings, Neb. In 1998, a tornado damaged the Head Start facility in Hastings. Three years later, Head Start moved into a former Kmart, which had sat empty for a decade. The new center serves 1,200 students and their families, many of whom are recent arrivals from Mexico. The playground sits on what used to be Kmart's cargo dock.

    by Julia Christensen

    As stores like Wal-Mart and Kmart leave one large structure for a larger one, communities around the country are finding creative uses for the buildings left behind. An excerpt from Julia Christensen's new book, Big Box Reuse.

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