Wal-Mart changes its stores as casually as most people change shoes. Sprawl-Busters received the following report from the frontlines of the battle against Wal-Mart supercenters:”Wal-Mart
Residents in Smyrna, Georgia are up against the Wal, and a short timeline as well. Residents in this city of around 45,000 people sent the
On September 28, 2005, Sprawl-Busters reported that local residents in New Bedford, Massachusetts were up in arms about a Home Depot land deal that would
The folks at Home Depot HQ in Atlanta, Georgia may have assumed that they could paint the small town of Rindge, New Hampshire orange, but
Wal-Mart has been trying to build a supercenter in Potsdam, New York since 1998. For almost eight years, citizens have been slowing the giant retailer
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.