Leave it to Rite Aid to try and pave over Paradise. But that’s exactly what got the citizens of Paradise riled. Rite Aid, which likes
Wal-Mart had a special Christmas surprise for the tiny village of Glenwood, Illinois (pop. 9,045), which is located about 18 miles due south of Chicago.
“We’re not just opposing a Wal-Mart, we’re in the process of preventing the destruction of the community.” So says the former Mayor of Mt. Airy,
The small city of Rolling Meadows, Illinois is playing a game of musical retailers–a game which has no real winners. This community of 24,241 people
Shortly before Thanksgiving, Wal-Mart officials were caught off-guard when the Planning Board in Bowie, Maryland voted to oppose the retailer’s request for a “special exception”
Byram is a small community in Mississippi with only 11, 721 people. If anyone in Byram is addicted to cheap Chinese imports, there’s a Wal-Mart
The Mayor of Horn Lake, Mississippi, a suburb of Memphis, proudly posed before cameras this week with a grappling hook in his hand, next to
The media in Rock Hill, South Carolina describes neighbors as “cautiously optimistic” about a proposed Wal-Mart superstore in their backyards. But there was no optimism
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.