Wal-Mart Complains City Played ‘Politics’ With Them
A Wal-Mart lawyer had the nerve this week to charge local political maneuvering in a case where the retailer brought in a former Governor to
A Wal-Mart lawyer had the nerve this week to charge local political maneuvering in a case where the retailer brought in a former Governor to
The proposed Wal-Mart in Duluth, Georgia is gone — but the landowner battles on. That’s the story in Duluth, where Wal-Mart abruptly pulled out this
Wal-Mart has succeeding in wearing down opponents in a small Georgia community. It took them only six months, two lawsuits, and some bricks, to win.
On October 29, 2007 Sprawl-Busters updated the ongoing battle in Duluth, Georgia over a Wal-Mart supercenter. A landowner who stands to make millions of dollars
When you can’t get what you want by regulation, try litigation. That’s the apparent strategy in Duluth, Georgia, where a landowner who stands to make
On July 1, 2007, Sprawl-Busters reported that citizens in Duluth, Georgia were up in arms about a proposed 176,305 s.f. Wal-Mart supercenter on Peachtree Industrial
Unless Wal-Mart can get a special ruling to have a flat roof, its store in Duluth, Georgia may be too high to fly. In early
A landowner in Duluth, Georgia appears to have finally pulled the legal plug on his dreams for a Wal-Mart supercenter. On May 3, 2008, Sprawl-Busters
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.