Six Years Of Fighting Big Boxes Finally Pays Off.
It’s just about official now. A developer in Lower Makefield, Pennsylvania has apparently agreed in writing, after years of citizen pressure, to drop their big
It’s just about official now. A developer in Lower Makefield, Pennsylvania has apparently agreed in writing, after years of citizen pressure, to drop their big
Chalk up another victory against unbridled sprawl. The Nashua Planning Board voted 4-3 last night to live free or die without Wal-Mart. The retailer wanted
Gain one, lose one. That’s what happened this week in Columbia, Missouri, the state that Sam Walton loved to boast had been saturated with Wal-Marts.
WMT “is increasingly following Amazon’s lead.” The retailer had its “15th straight quarter of double-digit e-commerce growth,” after it was slow to create an online marketplace imitating AMZN. WMT owes a big debt to Jeff Bezos for lighting the way. https://t.co/deOCCLFZ3U https://t.co/yXL37byf0a
Read MoreThe 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.