On June 12, 2008, Sprawl-Busters went to the Moon. We spent an evening helping residents of Moon township, Pennsylvania, get organized, and form the group
How many Wal-Mart does one community need? That’s a question that city officials in Rockford, Illinois — a community of roughly 155,000 people — have
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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.
