What started off last summer as another unwanted corner drugstore, has turned into a project the community can feel better about. In early July, 2012,
The Wall Street Journal reported on September 14th that Wal-Mart lost a shot at being part of a huge development in Brooklyn, New York —
Home Depot’s plans to build a “small” 100,000 s.f. store on 64th street in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn, got nailed by area residents this week, who
Residents in the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York think that a huge IKEA furniture store is a bad IDEA. The group issued the
IKEA, the over-sized blue and yellow furniture colossus, is proposing to develop a 360,000 s.f store on the historic waterfront in Red Hook, Brooklyn. A
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.