After Six Years, Wal-Mart Project Finally Dead
Just in time for Halloween. A Wal-Mart project in Gainesville, Florida can now parade around as dead. It’s been a long, slow demise for the
Just in time for Halloween. A Wal-Mart project in Gainesville, Florida can now parade around as dead. It’s been a long, slow demise for the
If effort were everything, Wal-Mart would have everything in Gainesville. Instead, it’s been a lot of pain and not much gain for Wal-Mart in Gainesville,
Chalk up the 7th. Wal-Mart defeat just in the past two weeks. The Gainesville City Commission voted 4-3 this week not to trade the 32
The Associated Press reported this week that state officials in Florida have fined Wal-Mart $750,000 for breaking state laws regarding oil storage tanks at their
The Gainesville City Commission voted 5-to-2 this week to deny a proposal to build a 250,000-square-foot Wal-Mart Supercenter on U.S. 441. Wal-Mart will now be
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.