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
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
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
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.