Sprawl-Busters Posting On Facebook and Twitter Almost Daily
Sprawl-Busters is now posting almost daily updates on Twitter at this address: @SprawlBusters. In addition, longer posts can be found on Facebook almost daly, by
Sprawl-Busters is now posting almost daily updates on Twitter at this address: @SprawlBusters. In addition, longer posts can be found on Facebook almost daly, by
The small town of Greenfield, Massachusetts made national news in 1993 when it voted to block a Wal-Mart superstore. It launched a national movement of
Yankee magazine in its Sept/Oct issue, offers a 3 page profile of Greenfield, Massachusetts, including its “classic New England downtown–the kind that’s been disappearing since
Wal-Mart hates to give up on any chance to make a few extra bucks, and the retailer has been known to become fixated on entering
A Connecticut developer, Louis J. Ceruzzi of Fairfield, has suddenly withdrawn his Notice of Intent (NOI) to build a 160,000 s.f. Wal-Mart in Greenfield, Massachusetts,
On August 7, 2007, Sprawl-Busters reported that developer Louis J. Ceruzzi of Fairfield, Connecticut, had suddenly withdrawn his Notice of Intent (NOI) with the Conservation
A developer based in Fairfield, Connecticut has filed plans with the state of Massachusetts for a 160,000 square foot big box store in Greenfield, Massachusetts,
BJ’s Wholesale Club tried to wedge a gas station into the front of its store in Greenfield, Massachusetts, but when the local Zoning Board refused
The staunchly anti-union stance of many of this country’s big box retailers is ironically manifesting itself this holiday season by silencing the familiar bell-ringing of
Almost nine years after Wal-Mart went down in flames, the victim of 2,354 votes not to rezone land for them, Home Depot has filed 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.