Wisconsin’s Attorney General Peg Lautenschlager has filed a complaint in Dodge County Circuit Court against a private development company, the Beaver Dam Area Development Corporation,
Wal-Mart often suggests that only a “vocal minority” doesn’t want them around, but frequently, when asked, the minority turns out to be a majority. In
Another community has given developers fair warning that size matters! Here’s a frontline account from sprawl-busters in Canada about a recent victory in British Columbia:
Residents in Chandler, Arizona have been fighting Wal-Mart for at least the past six years, trying to keep the giant retailer off of land near
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.