Home Depot Tries Where Big Boxes Failed
In 2003, voters in Carbondale, Colorado overwhelmingly rejected a development plan to put a big box retail store in the so-called Crystal River Marketplace, a
In 2003, voters in Carbondale, Colorado overwhelmingly rejected a development plan to put a big box retail store in the so-called Crystal River Marketplace, a
Citizens in Chelan, Washington have won a “white knuckle” victory, preventing a Wal-Mart superstore from opening just weeks before its ribbon-cutting. A court ruling has,
The Mayor of Fontana, California thinks Wal-Mart’s proposed site for a second supercenter in the city is “insane.” Wal-Mart has offered a plan for congested
It looks like Wal-Mart’s effort to get into Crown Point, Indiana has stalled out in the courts. The Northwest Indiana Times reports this week that
A decade ago, the community of Arvada, Colorado managed to stop Wal-Mart from paving over a lake in their community. Now the retail giant is
On May 3, 2005, Sprawl-Busters reported that a 220,000 s.f. Wal-Mart supercenter on route 117 in Leominster, Massachusetts was pulled from a developer’s plan to
There are two Wal-Mart discount stores in Lancaster, California, and for those addicted to supercenters, the one on Palmdale is roughly 6 miles away. But
Sprawl-Busters is playing catch-up with this case. The developer Widewaters Group, of DeWitt, New York, has gotten into water over its head in a number
Home Depot announced yesterday that it has received notice from Relational Investors, an investment firm based in San Diego, California, that Relational intends to submit
The state of Wisconsin currently has nine dead Wal-Mart stores on the “available buildings” list, or a total of 772,376 square feet of dark stores.
On September 18, 2005, Sprawl-Busters reported that workers in six foreign countries had filed a class action lawsuit against Wal-Mart in the California court system,
Texas, which has more dead Wal-Marts than any other state in the nation, is the battleground for yet another big box superstore. Residents from Austin,
Sprawl-Busters reported on November 16, 2006 that a Hearing Officer in Gresham, Oregon had ruled against a Wal-Mart supercenter in Gresham, closing out a two
Sam Walton bragged that his company “became our own competition.” Wall Street analysts have noted that the retailer’s superstores are so close together that they
On December 29, 2004, Sprawl-Busters wrote: “In 1996, Wal-Mart announced its intention to build a superstore in the small community of Manor Township, Pennsylvania. Wal-Mart
The New York City Employees’ Retirement System, which owns Wal-Mart stock, has submitted to the retailer the following shareholder resolution for the retailer’s annual meeting
Workers’ rights groups in India are speaking out against the recently-announced entrance of Wal-Mart into the Indian economy via a partnership with an Indian media
Small businesses in Fairfield, California are going to be tutored by Wal-Mart on how to survive the giant retailer. That’s one stipulation in a bizarre
Home Depot has been operating a store outside of Salt Lake City for roughly three years. But officials in the county are ready to shut
The First Amendment ran smack into a Wal-Mart supercenter earlier this week in the city of Littleton, Colorado. What started off as citizen opposition to
On January 10, 2004, Sprawl-Busters reported that a court ruled that Wal-Mart had unlawfully taken survivor’s benefits away from families of deceased Wal-Mart employees. These
The residents of Angola, New York feel like they’re in the middle of a bad movie, and Wal-Mart is playing the leading role. This week,
On January 8, 2006, Sprawl-Busters presented the story of a huge retail development in Covington, Louisiana that had a Wal-Mart and a Sam’s Club in
Residents in Pullman, Washington continue to wage a legal battle to block a Wal-Mart supercenter in their community. Sprawl-Busters reported that in March of 2006,
Forget local citizen’s groups. One of the most effective ways to stop a Wal-Mart supercenter is with an endangered species, and one of the best
On August 29, 2006, Sprawl-Busters reported that a group called CARE, Citizens Against Residential Encroachment, had filed a lawsuit against the town of Knightdale, North
Residents in Wisconsin report that Wal-Mart won’t be moving into River Falls, Wisconsin, ending years of wasted work and investment. The word of Wal-Mart’s collapse
The epic saga of the residents of Coconut Grove in Miami, Florida vs. Home Depot reached another milestone this week, when 3 neighbors filed a
Wal-Mart, the corporation that has been happy to see communities use eminent domain powers to advance its stores, now doesn’t like being on the other
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.