This summer Wal-Mart will open up a new 112,000 s.f. superstore in Bennington,Vermont, a small community of 15,400 in the southwest corner of the state.
Wal-Mart is playing musical stores in Illinois. A city councilor in Elgin, Illinois charges that Wal-Mart ???will not sell the property to any business it
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.