According to a story in the September 29th, Charlotte (NC) Observer, retail sprawl is following the lead of massive residential developments in the Charlotte, North
A telecommunications company in India has announced a partnership with Wal-Mart that will unleash the giant retailer throughout the Indian economy. Bharti Enterprises has signed
Close fo 100 residents of the town of Woodstock, New York are giving the CVS drug store chain a major headache. On Saturday, a grassroots
Home Depot doesn’t sell clothes, but they have plenty of lawsuits available. In 1997, the federal Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (EEOC) filed the largest sex
It looks like the powers that be in Bristoll, Tennessee want to teach citizens a civics lesson: speak up for your rights, and we’ll try
Home Depot, the company you associate with hammers, not hot dogs, and measuring tapes, not mustard, has abruptly terminated eight license agreements it had with
Our correspondents in Martinez, California report that on September 18, 2002, the City council adopted the first Neighborhood Business Preservation Ordinance (Big Box) that restricts
Sprawl-Busters in Palmdale, California have a bone to pick with Alberton’s grocery superstore. Here’s their report:”If Albertson’s gets their way, 12,918 new vehicle trips per
Taxpayers in Huber Heights, Ohio have filed a lawsuit against the City and a local developer over a rezoning of land for a proposed Wal-Mart
Since 1999, Sprawl-Busters has followed the efforts of Wal-Mart to get into the town of Gilbert, Arizona. Wal-Mart was defeated three years ago when it
After several months of waiting, sprawl-busters in Hood River, Oregon got their first handful of good news on September 18th. when the Hood River County’s
A report on yesterday’s Associated Press (AP) newswire says that the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has asked a federal judge in Tucson, Arizona
For at least the past nine months, Home Depot, and a corporate landowner on St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, have been concealing their plans to
Here’s a sprawl-busters story submitted by residents in the United Kingdom: “Citizens of York, England are fighting to stop the building of the Coppergate II
The Times Picayune of September 13th. reports that zoning officials in St. Bernard’s parish, Louisiana, have dumped a 221,000 s.f. Wal-Mart superstore proposal because of
Reporter Martin Kuz of The Cleveland Scene has produced this week’s Labor Day story about a Wal-Mart employee whose tragic death was surpassed only by
The North Bay Civic Association in Naples, Florida is declaring victory this week over big box stores. Three years ago, a piece of property in
An incredible story of big box resistance from Mexico. Residents in Cuernavaca, Mexico are locked in a bitter, and higly visible battle with Costco that
In the last 24 hours, Sprawl-Busters has received around a dozen urgent emails from upset residents in the Willowbridge suburb northwest of Houston, Texas. This
Wal-Mart is going to need a shoe horn and some grease to fit a planned 142,000 s.f. supercenter on 10 acres of land in a
According to the Star Tribune newspaper in Duluth, Minnesota, all it took was whispers of a Wal-Mart real estate “scout” poking around Lake Superior’s North
The citizens group “Save Our Sandfly” (SOS), named after a neighborhood in Savannah, Georgia, probably figured that after they beat Target in December of last
A circuit Judge in Miami-Dade county has ordered the county to stop construction work on a red hot Home Depot project that has swirled in
According to a report filed by the Cox News Service this week, a federal judge in Atlanta has granted class-action status to a lawsuit charging
Sprawl is bad for the environment — on many levels. Another example of this was featured in an August 28th. article by Reuters news service.
On February 18, 1999, Newsflash reported that Wal-Mart was scrapping its plans to build a supercenter in Gilbert, Arizona at the corner of Lindsay and
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.