Residents in Fulton County, Georgia say they have dodged the Wal-Mart bullet this week, when County officials turned down a proposed Wal-Mart supercenter. The project
A store two times the size of a football field is not big enough for Wal-Mart. The giant retailer decided that its existing discount store
Big box retailers like Wal-Mart would have to put their economics where their mouth is if a plan by city councilors in Los Angeles, California
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.