Life After Wal-Mart Loses: ‘A Grand Thing.’
On April 23, 2006, Sprawl-Busters reported that a three and a half year battle against Wal-Mart was over — and the citizens have won. Sprawl-Busters
On April 23, 2006, Sprawl-Busters reported that a three and a half year battle against Wal-Mart was over — and the citizens have won. Sprawl-Busters
A three and a half year battle against Wal-Mart is over — and the citizens have won. Sprawl-Busters has written 8 stories about the small
It took more than three years, but the stalwart residents of Front Royal, Virginia have finally overcome a Wal-Mart threat to build a 184,000 s.f.
The fight over a Wal-Mart supercenter in Front Royal became one of the most divisive issues in this small community’s history — and the dust
The banner headline in the Northern Virginia Daily newspaper said it all: CLEAN SWEEP. Voters this week in Front Royal, Virginia, dumped their long-standing Mayor,
According to the Northern Virginia Daily newspaper, residents in Front Royal, Virigina will be front and center in court next fall, in their battle to
Residents in Front Royal, Virginia have raised a legal challenge to a vote taken by their Town Council on July 28th, when officials approved rezoning
Mayor Robert Tennett of Front Royal, Virginia, was getting desperate for votes, so he finally had to order some of his Town Council members not
In the small town of Front Royal, Virginia, the world’s largest retailer can’t build a supercenter until Town Councilor Fred Foster shows up. One man
According to a report on NBC Channel 4 in Virginia, residents in the Virginia town of Front Royal don’t want a Wal-Mart. The huge retailer
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.