Moratorium ‘Breaks The Wal-Mart Mold.’
Wal-Mart is going nowhere fast in the city of Ventura, California, following the recent vote by officials to enact a one year moratorium on retail
Wal-Mart is going nowhere fast in the city of Ventura, California, following the recent vote by officials to enact a one year moratorium on retail
On January 25, 2006, a resident’s group in Coconut Grove, a distinctive village in Miami, Florida, sent a sharply-worded letter to The Coconut Grove Arts
A new economic impact study from the north side of Chicago, Illinois says that local businesses produce enhanced economic impacts when compared with their chain
Not everything is for sale. That’s a hard lesson for developers to learn, but for some people a 166,000 s.f. Lowe’s store in their backyards
The city of Reynoldsburg, Ohio, which calls itself “the birthplace of the tomato”, may end up with fruit on its face if Home Depot gets
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.