Home Depot’s “Urban” Store
November 20, 2001
Some of the big box retailers are promoting “urban” designs with great fanfare, as if they had discovered a new concept. For Wal-Mart, it was
November 2001
Wal-Mart Annexation Defeated
November 17, 2001
According to sprawl-busters in Longmont, Colorado, a Wal-Mart proposal to annex 27 acres of land for a new Supercenter was nixed this week on a
Wal-Mart Horrendous Neighbor
November 17, 2001
Twenty homeowners in Lake Charles, Louisiana have filed a lawsuit against Wal-Mart, its developer, and the construction company who put up a supercenter in their
Existing Wal-Mart Not Enough.
November 17, 2001
Sprawl-Busters in Southlake, Texas report that residents are organizing to block a Wal-Mart supercenter. Citizens report that “Town council is very publicly soliciting Wal-Mart not
Wal-Mart is Baaaack!
November 7, 2001
On February 8, 2001, newsflash reported that residents of Overland Park, Kansas has managed to repell a Wal-Mart Supercenter, by gathering protest petitions from abuttors,
Wal-Mart Wants Hood, Not Cap
November 6, 2001
Residents in Hood River, Oregon are in a race for time with a Wal-Mart supercenter. Hood River already has a Wal-Mart, but now they are
Wal-Mart Fails to Get 3 Votes
November 3, 2001
On September 11, 2001, we told you about the story of Wal-Mart’s efforts to bust into Reedley, California, and the arrogance of company’s statement that
Lowe’s Provokes NoMall Opposition
November 3, 2001
Sprawl-Buster Ted Morgan of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania writes that “Our group NoMall (for “Neighborhood Organizations Mobilized to Assure Local Livability”) in Bethlehem, PA. is fighting the
200 CVS stores go dark
November 3, 2001
What goes up, must come down. Many of those free-standing CVS convenience stores that went up and drove community groups wild, are now going down.