City Officials in Alabaster, Alabama have slammed into a “Wal” of opposition to a Wal-Mart supercenter — especially over the potential use of eminent domain
Money can’t buy legal decisions — or at least, not all legal decisions. A judge in Pima County, Arizona Superior Court has tossed out this
Residents in Cotati, California have been fighting sprawl development on one parcel in town for the past six years. Local activists sent the following update
According to the Alameda Times-Star, officials in Oakland, California are proposing a permanent ban on stores larger than 100,000 s.f. with more than 10% of
Residents from the town of Mebane, North Carolina have filed a lawsuit against Wal-Mart in Alamance County Superior Court. Accoridng to the Durham Herald-Sun newspaper,
For the past eight months, the news media in Britain has been speculating about what company in the United Kingdom would gain control over Safeway
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.