Big Boxes Need Special Permit
The President of San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors, Tom Ammiano, is making it tough for stores with big box formats to barge into the City
The President of San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors, Tom Ammiano, is making it tough for stores with big box formats to barge into the City
Residents in the small town (pop 9,000) of Canton, Connecticut have organized into a group to stop development of 16 acres of land by the
On April 13, 2001, we narrated the story of the little town of Bethlehem, New York, where residents of a group called Plan 9W (named
The strategies written here were produced by Sprawl-Busters in 2006 at the request of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), mainly for citizen groups that were fighting Walmart. But the tips for fighting unwanted development apply to any project—whether its fighting Dollar General, an Amazon warehouse, or a Home Depot.
Big projects, or small, these BATTLEMART TIPS will help you better understand what you are up against, and how to win your battle.