It’s always painful to watch neighboring communities compete for sprawl — instead of trying to manage it. The Daily Herald newspaper called the following story
If you lived in the village of Liverpool, New York, you could drive five miles to the town of Camillus and shop at the Wal-Mart
UNION SAYS AMZN THREATENED TO LAYOFF WORKERS, & close the warehouse if the union won. “AMZN made people afraid to vote for the union.” It put a voting box in the parking lot with surveillance cameras.
Read MoreSMALL BIZ GROUPS IN INDIA protest AMZN favoritism. “AMZN has for years given preferential treatment to a small group of sellers on its Indian platform & used them to circumvent the country's strict foreign investment regulations.”
Read MoreAPRIL 29: GIG DRIVERS’ “CARAVAN OF COURAGE” shifts into the passing lane beyond Uber, Lyft, Uber Eats, Instacart & Door Dash . 4 cities: New York, L.A., S.F. & Toronto. 200 cars driving home the message that Direct Coop drivers are no longer exploited contractors. [ALNORMAN] https://t.co/Ml7y0iKVjg
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.
