On August 6, 2006, Sprawl-Busters described the battle over a Wal-Mart supercenter in Hartford, Wisconsin, and the efforts of local residents to stop the giant
Earlier this month, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported that citizens in Mill Creek, Washington were objecting to the way development and decision-making on land use was
Three days ago, Wal-Mart’s proposal to build a 165,000 s.f. store on 53-acres in Lima, New York suddenly imploded. The retailer issued a 41 word
A fed judge gave AMZN an injunction stopping another company from using its own AI browser agent in protected sections of the AMZN website to shop on behalf of customers. “Who controls access when an AI agent shows up at a retailer’s digital front door?” https://t.co/ufxmF0Zvsk
Read More“Homeowners weary from economic pressures have put their home remodeling projects on hold as they wrestle with inflation, a fragile job market and higher financing costs, Home Depot executives said. “Sales at existing stores were nearly flat .” https://t.co/BrSXWQfqKo https://t.co/1hQwnbU1CU
Read MoreAMZN tries to shoot down Elon Musk’s proposal before the FCC to use SpaceX to build a million satellite network of orbiting data centers, claiming the project would take "centuries" to deploy. https://t.co/97s12VGpUw https://t.co/IkW2dWt3XO
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.
