Home Town America
Fights Back
No matter what the logo on the building says
- Amazon, Wal-Mart, Dollar General Home Depot, Target, Lowe's -
if it's unwanted development, Sprawl-Busters can help you stop it.
Who We Are
About
Sprawl-Busters
Sprawl-Busters Consultants help local community coalitions on-site to design and implement successful campaigns against megastores and other undesirable large-scale developments.
In hundreds of communities, we have helped citizens groups strategize and carry out a plan to stop the superstores.
Keeping You Up To Date
Breaking News
CANADA’S LARGEST SUPERMARKET CHAIN HAS BEEN FIGHTING SINCE 2007 TO ELIMINATE SINGLE USE PLASTIC BAGS. Why has it taken Loblaws 15 years to say it will remove these bags sometime in 2023? Slow & steady loses the race.
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THE PANDEMIC STIMULATED AMAZON TO DOUBLE ITS WAREHOUSE NETWORK IN 2 YEARS. Now sales are down & they are over-built. If it wasn’t for Web Services & ad sales, AMZN would be failing—just like Bezos predicted not too long ago. https://t.co/gGPcqwmrZU
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WMT IS ALWAYS 3 STEPS BEHIND AMAZON. 30 minute delivery in Canada is another example of WMT being light years behind the innovator. One day WMT will regret the cost of providing this absurd delivery speed—as AMZN found out. https://t.co/YohpxUJC4i
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A 132,000. S.F. HOME DEPOT IS PROPOSED FOR FORT MYERS, FL. There was a time when almost all new Home Depot stores were challenged by local citizens. Now there is so much sprawl, Floridians seem numb to it.
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MAN DRIVES CAR INTO FRONT OF HOME DEPOT IN SAN JOSE, DIES IN HOSPITAL. Just as senseless as shopping at Home Depot. Guess he didn’t know the way to San Jose.
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CITIZENS IN WEST WINDSOR, NJ ARE BATTLING A 653-ACRE PROJECT WITH 7 WAREHOUSES TOTALING 5.5 MILLION S.F. (96 football fields of buildings.) NJ is turning from the Garden State “to the Warehouse State,” Sierra Club says. Support “Stop the Trucks” here:
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NEARLY HALF (48%) OF PEOPLE IN A CANADIAN POLL ABOUT FATHER’S DAY SAID THEY PREFER TO SHOP LOCALLY IN PERSON TO SUPPORT LOCAL BIZ, yet the top shopping destination (37%) for Father’s Day was a Big Box store like Walmart, or Costco or Canadian Tire.
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WALMART LATEST TO DROP MIKE LINDELL’S “MY PILLOW” PRODUCTS. Where’s the super fan Trump donor going to rest his weary head? Why, at AMZN of course, where you can still buy a full range of—anything.
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YOU MAY NOT BE RUNNING OUT ON AMZN—BUT AMZN IS RUNNING OUT OF WORKERS. Higher wages & increased automation may not be enough to prevent a labor crisis. If customer service drops, so will customer loyalty.
Read MoreAbout Al Norman
Fighting Big Box Sprawl Since 1993
Al Norman achieved national attention in October of 1993 when he successfully stopped Wal-Mart from locating in his hometown of Greenfield, Massachusetts. Since then he has appeared on 60 Minutes, and gained widespread media attention from the Wall Street Journal to Fortune magazine. Al has traveled throughout the U.S. helping dozens of local coalitions. 60 Minutes called Al “the guru of the anti-Wal-Mart movement.”
Beating Big Box Stores
Community Victories
Sprawl-Busters compiled the list below of 456 communities, over the period 1995 to 2018, which have beaten a big box store at least once, or pressured a developer to withdraw. In some cases a big box store came back a second time, moved to another location in the town, or otherwise gotten in. But every city or town on this list defeated a store at least once. There are many big box victories we never hear about. To read more, click on any town. Not all towns have a linked story.
- Accokeek, MD
- Accomac, VA
- Albany, GA
- Albuquerque, NM
- Amherst, NY
- Anchorage, AK
- Antioch, CA
- Antioch, IL
- Arlington, TX
- Asheville, NC
- Ashland, VA
- Athens, GA
- Atlanta, GA
- Auburn, CA
- Aurora, NY
- Avondale Estates, GA
- Ballston, NY
- Bangor, ME
- Barnstable, MA
- Barranquitas, PR
- Batavia, IL
- Bath, NY
- Baton Rouge, LA
- Beavercreek, OH
- Beaverton, OR
- Bedford, MI
- Bedford, NH
- Bel Air, MD
- Belfast, ME
- Bellevue, ID
- Bellevue, WI
- Belmont, NC
- Bentonville, AR
- Bethlehem, PA
- Billerica, MA
- Biloxi, MS
- Bloomington, MN
- Blue Springs, MO
- Bonita Springs, FL
- Boston, MA
- Boxborough, MA
- Braintree, MA
- Brampton, Ontario
- Brick, NJ
- Broadview Hts, OH
- Brookfield, WI
- Brooksville, FL
- Buffalo, MN
- Buffalo, NY
- Burlington, Ontario
- Burnsville, MN
- Canton, CT
- Canton, IL
- Canton, MI
- Carlsbad, CA
- Carroll, PA
- Carver, MN
- Cazenovia, NY
- Cecil, PA
- Central Point, OR
- Ceres, CA
- Chalmette, LA
- Chandler, AZ
- Chanhassen, MN
- Charlevoix, MI
- Charlottesville, VA
- Chelan, WA
- Cherokee, NC
- Chestertown, MD
- Chicago, IL
- Chico, CA
- Claremont, NH
- Clearbrook, VA
- Clemson, SC
- Clermont, FL
- Cleveland, OH
- Clovis, CA
- Cobb County, GA
- Colchester, CT
- Colonie, NY
- Columbia, MO
- Concord, CA
- Cooleyville, TX
- Cordova, TN
- Cornelius, OR
- Covington, GA
- Covington, LA
- Covington, PA
- Crofton, MD
- Crowley, TX
- Crystal River, FL
- Cudahy, WI
- Dallas, TX
- Damariscotta, ME
- Davie, FL
- Decatur, GA
- Decorah, IA
- DeLand, FL
- Delaware, OH
- Delray Beach, FL
- Denver, CO
- Deptford, NJ
- Derry, NH
- Drumore, PA
- Duluth, GA
- Durham, NC
- Eagle, CO
- East Bethel, MN
- East Longmeadow, MA
- Easthampton, MA
- Easton, MD
- Edmond, OK
- El Cajon, CA
- Ellisville, MO
- Elmwood Park, WI
- Englewood, NJ
- Estero, FL
- Etna, OH
- Eureka Springs, AR
- Eureka, CA
- Evergreen, IL
- Exeter, PA
- Fargo, ND
- Fayetteville, NC
- Fenton, MI
- Fircrest, WA
- Fishers, IN
- Folsom, CA
- Forsyth, GA
- Fort Atkinson, WI
- Fort Collins, CO
- Fort Walton Beach, FL
- Fort Worth, TX
- Fort Wright, KY
- Frederick, MD
- Fredericksburg, VA
- Front Royal, VA
- Fulton County, GA
- Gainesville, FL
- Gainesville, GA
- Gaithersburg, MD
- Garfield, MI
- Gig Harbor, WA
- Gilbert, AZ
- Glastonbury, CT
- Glen Carbon, IL
- Glendale, AZ
- Grass Valley, CA
- Great Falls, MT
- Green Bay, WI
- Green, OH
- Greenfield, MA
- Greenville, NC
- Greenwood, IN
- Gresham, OR
- Groton, GA
- Groton, CT
- Guelph, Ontario
- Hadley, MA
- Hagerstown, MD
- Hailey, ID
- Hallandale, FL
- Hamilton, MT
- Hamilton, NJ
- Harrison, NJ
- Harrison, OH
- Hawaii Kai, HI
- Hawthorne, NJ
- Hayden, ID
- Heber City, UT
- Henderson, KY
- Hercules, CA
- Hernando County, FL
- Hickory, NC
- Highland Hts, OH
- Highland, CA
- Hillsboro, OR
- Hillsborough, NH
- Hilo, HI
- Holiday, FL
- Holyoke, MA
- Hood River, OR
- Hornell, NY
- Houston, TX
- Hudson, OH
- Hyde Park, NY
- Inglewood, CA
- Isle of Wight, VA
- Ithaca, NY
- Jackson, MI
- Jacksonville, FL
- Jefferson County, CO
- Jefferson Hills, PA
- Jefferson, WI
- Joplin, MO
- Kennedale, TX
- Kent Island, MD
- Killingly, CT
- Kingman, AZ
- Knightdale, NC
- La Puente, CA
- Lacey, WA
- Lady’s Island, SC
- Lake County, FL
- Lake Forest, FL
- Lake in the Hills, IL
- Lake Placid, NY
- Lakeland, FL
- Lakeway, TX
- Lancaster, MA
- Lansingburgh, NY
- Lawrence, KS
- Lawrence, NJ
- Layton, UT
- Lee, MA
- Lee’s Summit, MO
- Leeds, NY
- Leominster, MA
- Lewiston, ID
- Lewiston, ME
- Lima, NY
- Lincoln, NB
- Lincoln, CA
- Lincoln, ME
- Lisle, IL
- Littleton, CO
- Littleton, NH
- Liverpool, NY
- Livingston, CA
- Lodi, CA
- Logan, NJ
- Longmont, CO
- Lorain, OH
- Los Angeles, CA
- Lower Gwynedd, PA
- Lower Makefield, PA
- Lumberton, NJ
- Madison, WI
- Manalapan, NJ
- Manchester, NH
- Manhattan, KS
- Manor, PA
- Manteo, NC
- Marietta, GA
- Marine City, MI
- Marlboro, NJ
- Martinez, CA
- Mary Esther, FL
- Mason City, IA
- McKinney, TX
- Medford, OR
- Memphis, TN
- Mendocino County, CA
- Menomonee Falls, WI
- Mentor, OH
- Mesa, AZ
- Mexico City
- Middletown, RI
- Milford, OH
- Milford, PA
- Mill Creek, WA
- Milwaukee, WI
- Minneapolis, MN
- Miramar, FL
- Miramichi, NB
- Mobile, AL
- Mokena, IL
- Monroe, WI
- Monsey, NY
- Monument, CO
- Morgantown, WV
- Mount Joy, PA
- Mount Pleasant, NY
- Mount Pleasant, SC
- Murphy, TX
- Naples, FL
- Nashua, NH
- Neptune Beach, FL
- New Albany, IN
- New Milford, CT
- New Milford, MA
- New Paltz, NY
- New Prague, MN
- New Rochelle, NY
- Newburgh, IN
- Newcastle, ME
- Nobleboro, ME
- North Auburn, CA
- North Aurora, IL
- North Greenbush, NY
- North Lauderdale, FL
- North Miami, FL
- North Olmsted, OH
- Northboro, MA
- Northbrook, IL
- Novato, CA
- Oakland, CA
- Oakley, CA
- Oakville, Ontario
- Ocala, FL
- Ocean Beach, CA
- Oconomowoc, WI
- Old Saybrook, CT
- Olivette, MO
- Orange County, VA
- Orange, CT
- Oregon City, OR
- Oswego, NY
- Ottawa, OH
- Overland Park, KS
- Oxford, NC
- Pajaro, CA
- Paradise, MD
- Park Royal, BC
- Pawleys Island, SC
- Pembroke Pines, FL
- Pennfield, MI
- Pennsville, NJ
- Peterboro, NH
- Phoenix, AZ
- Pittsylvania County, VA
- Plainfield, IL
- Plainville, CT
- Plaistow, NH
- Plymouth, MA
- Port Orange, FL
- Port Townsend, WA
- Portland, OR
- Portsmouth, MI
- Prescott Valley, AZ
- Prince George’s County, MD
- Princeton, MN
- Punta Gorda, FL
- Queens, NY
- Racine, WI
- Raleigh, NC
- Rapho, PA
- Rapid City, SD
- Ravalli County, MT
- Reading, MA
- Reedley, CA
- Rehobeth, DE
- Reno, NV
- Richardson, TX
- Rindge, NH
- River Falls, WI
- Riverhead, NY
- Roanoke, VA
- Rockland, ME
- Rohnert Park, CA
- Rotterdam, NY
- Rutland Charter, MI
- Salinas, CA
- Salt Lake City, UT
- San Diego, CA
- San Francisco, CA
- San Juan Capistrano, CA
- San Luis Obispo, CA
- San Marcos, CA
- Santa Rosa, CA
- Saranac Lake, NY
- Sarasota, FL
- Saugus, MA
- Seabrook, NH
- Seekonk, MA
- Seminole County, FL
- Silverthorne, CO
- Simi Valley, CA
- Sioux Falls, SD
- Somerville, MA
- Southlake, TX
- Spokane, WA
- Spooner, WI
- Spring, PA
- Springfield, MO
- St. Albans, VT
- St. Charles, IL
- St. Cloud, MN
- St. Johnsbury, VT
- St. Louis, MO
- St. Peters, MO
- St. Petersburg, FL
- Stafford Springs, CT
- Stilwell, KS
- Stockton, CA
- Stoughton, WI
- Stratford, Ontario
- Stratham, NH
- Strongsville, OH
- Sturgeon Bay, WI
- Sunrise, FL
- Surrey, British Columbia
- Sutton, MA
- Talbot County, MD
- Taos, NM
- Tarpon Springs, FL
- Taylorsville, UT
- Teays Valley, WV
- Temple Terrace, FL
- Terre Haute, IN
- Thornton, CO
- Tijeras, NM
- Tinley Park, IL
- Tolland, CT
- Topsham, ME
- Tucson, AZ
- Turlock, CA
- Union City, CA
- Upland, CA
- Utuado, PR
- Vallejo, CA
- Vancouver, British Columbia
- Vancouver, WA
- Venice, FL
- Ventura, CA
- Vernon Hills, IL
- Vernon, CT
- Vineland, NJ
- Waite Park, MN
- Walpole, NH
- Warren, OR
- Warrenton, VA
- Warsaw, MO
- Warwick, NY
- Washington, DC
- Waterloo
- Watertown, MA
- Waukesha, WI
- Waxhaw, NC
- Wells, ME
- Wellsville, NY
- West Hempfield, PA
- West Lake Village, CA
- Westerville, OH
- Westfield, IN
- Westford, MA
- Westlake, OH
- Wheaton, IL
- White Lake, MI
- Wichita, KS
- Williamsburg, VA
- Willison, VT
- Willows, CA
- Windham, CT
- Windsor, CO
- Winston-Salem, NC
- Woodland Park, CO
- Woodland, CA
- Yankton, SD
- Yarmouth, MA
- Yellow Springs, OH
- Yucaipa, CA
- Yucca Valley, CA
- Zionsville, IN
How We Can Help
Protecting Main Street From Megastores and Fulfillment Warehouses
Sprawl-Busters Consultants help local community coalitions on-site to design and implement successful campaigns against megastores and other undesirable large-scale developments.
Strategic Planning
Developing the basic coalition infrastructure necessary to conduct a coordinated campaign.
Field Operations
On-site assistance with the daily logistics of conducting a grass-roots and media campaign.
Electoral Campaigns
Help with campaigns that involve referendums, town meeting votes, exit polls, and more.
Special
Events
Every campaign needs pyrotechnics. We’ll help you attract the media with our reputation.
Tech
Support
Follow-up support by phone, includng special data searches, strategic responses, and more.
Your Quality of Life
is Worth More than a
Cheap Pair of Underwear
If a warehouse or big box store is causing you a big problem, call on Sprawl-Busters! Local visits can be arranged. Contact us for more information.
