Wal-Mart Drops ‘Mini’ Superstore Plan
What’s eating Gilbert, Arizona? It’s not going to be Wal-Mart. On January 5, 2008, Sprawl-Busters wrote that Wal-Mart’s plans for a superstore in Gilbert was
What’s eating Gilbert, Arizona? It’s not going to be Wal-Mart. On January 5, 2008, Sprawl-Busters wrote that Wal-Mart’s plans for a superstore in Gilbert was
What’s eating Gilbert, Arizona? It’s a swarm of Wal-Mart supercenters. But the cannibalization can only spread so far. Sprawl- Busters has run a string of
Residents of Gilbert, Arizona have been fighting Wal-Mart proposals in their community since at least 1999. Like a bad penny, Wal-Mart keeps turning up. This
Since 1999, Sprawl-Busters has followed the efforts of Wal-Mart to get into the town of Gilbert, Arizona. Wal-Mart was defeated three years ago when it
On February 18, 1999, Newsflash reported that Wal-Mart was scrapping its plans to build a supercenter in Gilbert, Arizona at the corner of Lindsay and
“You don’t know what this means to me,” said Diane Eyler, one of the leaders of a group of Gilbert residents who have been waging
For people wishing to comment on the Gilbert, AZ story printed directly below, the Mayor and Town Council’s website is as follows: www.ci.gilbert.az.us.council/council.htm. At this
Wal-Mart must think that the people of Gilbert, Arizona have good memories — just short. They can’t remember that there are already 2 Wal-Mart stores
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.
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