One of the nation’s largest mall developers, the Konover Development Corporation, based in Farmington, Connecticut, has been stopped yet again by the residents of Littleton,
Sam Walton boasted in his autobiography that he had saturated 40 stores within 100 square miles of Springfield, Missouri. That pattern continues today, as evidenced
Sprawl-Busters receives communiques from about 2-3 new communities every day who are fighting big box sprawl. Here is a “snapshot” of recent stories submitted from
BJ’s Wholesale Club tried to wedge a gas station into the front of its store in Greenfield, Massachusetts, but when the local Zoning Board refused
On March 1, 2004, Wal-Mart announced that it was expanding its holdings in Brazil by buying that country’s third-largest supermarket chain, Bompreco, for $300 million
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.