Pro Wal-Mart Forces Win Seats, Push to Lift Size Cap
April 29, 2004
The city of Stoughton, Wisconsin has been going through the wringer for the past year. Under pressure from Wal-Mart, the city had been resisting efforts
April 2004
Wal-Mart Rep. Accused of Trying to Bribe Local Group
April 29, 2004
The Friends of Lake Jackson, based in Tallahassee, Florida, were appalled last month when an Atlanta-based real estate broker, representing a Wal-Mart project, reportedly offered
Local Newspaper Won’t Publish More Anti-Wal-Mart Letters
April 28, 2004
The Sequim Gazette, in Washington State, has had its fill of anti-Wal-Mart bashing. Publisher Sue Ellen Riesau published a column recently in which she announced
Residents Don’t Want Wal-Mart’s “Classy” Superstore
April 28, 2004
The Junior High School gym was packed recently with local residents wearing anti-Wal-Mart tshirts. The Davis County Clipper newspaper estimated a crowd of at least
Residents Manage To Push Wal-Mart Off Their Lake.
April 24, 2004
Can you imagine Wal-Mart wanting to build a truck turn-around by paving over a lake? They tried it in Arvada, Colorado, but so far, without
Resort town wants no part of Wal-Mart superstore.
April 23, 2004
The small town of Charlevoix, Michigan (pop. 5,000) says “This is our town, not Wal-Mart’s.” A local group called This Is Our Town has gathered
Wal-Mart Begins Superstore Colonization of Japan
April 22, 2004
The first over-sized Wal-Mart superstore has opened in the land of the Rising Sun, the start of the economic colonization of Japan by the American
Home Depot Pulls Out After Years of Dissention.
April 22, 2004
Another Home Depot proposal has wound up in the dumpster. The Baltimore Sun reported today that a planned Home Depot just outside of Easton, Maryland
Neighbors Don’t Want Wal-Mart’s Neighborhood Market.
April 21, 2004
Residents in Fort Worth, Texas don’t want a Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market in the neighborhood. Here’s a report from the scene in Fort Worth: “Wal Mart
Students Begin Anti-Wal-Mart Tour Across Canada.
April 21, 2004
Six students in two vehicles with 230 pounds of pamphlets and flyers will leave Montreal, Canada on April 28th, and arrive in Vancouver, British Columbia
Wal-Mart Proposal Is Pulled For Lack of Town Support.
April 20, 2004
According to the Noblesville Ledger, a developer in Westfield, Indiana has dropped plans to build a Wal-Mat supercenter. Lauth Development sent a letter to the
Save Our Sundays Wants A Day of Rest From Commercialism
April 17, 2004
Tony Lohnes, who lives in Canada, has been working in retail for a good many years, and says he has seen Sundays taken away from
Lowe’s Goes for Strike Four, Offers Cash For Supporters.
April 17, 2004
Town residents in Hadley, Massachusetts report that Lowe’s home improvement store doesn’t seem capable of accepting a NO. Here’s their frontline report: “Lowe’s has become
Fieldnotes: Nine Recent Communities Battling the Boxes
April 9, 2004
Over the past week, the following nine communities have contacted Sprawl-Busters about their battles: 1. Abingdon, Virginia: residents are fighting a Wal-Mart adjacent to a
Wal-Mart Shopper Sues and Wins $250,000 Over Counterfeit Money
April 9, 2004
Malcolm McComb III walked into a Wal-Mart store in McComb, Mississippi with a $100 bill, and walked out (five years later) with a quarter of
It’s A Long Road for Home Depot in Long Beach
April 9, 2004
Residents in Long Beach, California plan to make it a long road for Home Depot’s attempts to move into a 192,000 s.f. retail center. The
Appeals Board Slam-Dunks Wal-Mart A Second Time.
April 8, 2004
On April 7th the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals backed an earlier ruling by the city of Hillsboro, Oregon denying an appeal by Wal-Mart
Voters Hand Wal-Mart Second Overwhelming Defeat in One Month
April 7, 2004
Mr. Smiley is scowling this morning, as the company mascot for Wal-Mart was brutally stepped on last night by more than 60% of the voters
City Votes for 3 Month Big Box Moratorium
April 7, 2004
City officials in Steamboat Springs, Colorado have turned up the heat on big box retailers.The City council in March passed a three month moratorium with
City Plays Hardball with Neighbors over Big Box retail
April 7, 2004
Sprawl-busters in Rochester Hills, Michigan sent us the following report from the front lines: “The residents of Rochester Hills have been hoodwinked by their city
CVS Plan Rejected by Planning Commission
April 7, 2004
On March 25th, the Westerville, Ohio Planning Commission delivered some bitter medicine to the CVS drugstore chain. By a 4-3 vote, the Commission voted to
Residents organize to block ASDA/Wal-Mart store
April 2, 2004
Residents from three neighborhood groups in Swansea, England, have joined forces to block the application by Asda/Wal-Mart to build a 72,000 s.f. superstore on the
Residents Win First Round in Court to Halt Superstore Site Activity
April 2, 2004
Residents in Edmond, Oklahoma made April Fools out of Wal-Mart developers, when a judge ruled that site plan hearings for a Wal-Mart superstore must stop
County Requires Wal-Mart to Get a Special Permit
April 1, 2004
A zoning administrator in Union County, North Carolina has thrown a wrench into the works in Wal-Mart’s plan to build a supercenter near the town
Anti-Wal-Mart Effort Turns Into Civil Rights Recall Lawsuit
April 1, 2004
A free market battle over a Wal-Mart supercenter has turned into a free speech battle instead. On November 11, 2007 Sprawl-Busters wrote that the Solano