On October 29, 2007 Sprawl-Busters updated the ongoing battle in Duluth, Georgia over a Wal-Mart supercenter. A landowner who stands to make millions of dollars
Because a local citizen’s group had the guts, the energy and the money to take on the world’s largest retailer, there will be no Wal-Mart
The Walgreens company, the country’s largest drugstore chain, calls itself modestly “the pharmacy all others are measured by and one of the most respected American
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.