If these things are destroyed, Vermont will look a lot less appealing to everyone, big business included. Commercial and industrial parks are not considered sprawl, as long as they are compact and in or close to the urban or village center. They become sprawl when they move out into the open countryside and require extensive additional highways, waterlines, sewers, etc. The snowball effect can be frightening. Within a few years the original park becomes mired in a maze of fast-food joints, convenience marts and big box retailers.
Sprawl is a constant threat to our productive farm and forest land and important wildlife corridors.