City Passes Six Month Moratorium On Big Boxes
The people from Lowe’s home improvement center were not pleased, but officials in Olympia, Washington this week passed a six month moratoriium on new big
The people from Lowe’s home improvement center were not pleased, but officials in Olympia, Washington this week passed a six month moratoriium on new big
A Superior Court judge in Georgia has sided with the town of Peachtree City, Georgia (see earlier stories), which has adopted a land use ordinance
This week another community passed an ordinance that requires big box retailers to provide more information about their impact on the local economy. The Sacremento,
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.