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
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
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
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.