Village Gives Wal-Mart $4 Million Welfare Deal
Wal-Mart often arrives in a community looking for a handout. The company would prefer to talk about the small financial handouts it gives to local
Wal-Mart often arrives in a community looking for a handout. The company would prefer to talk about the small financial handouts it gives to local
On April 1, 2009, Sprawl-Busters reported that Wal-Mart was playing the community of Johnsburg, Illinois off of McHenry, Illinois. According to the Northwest Herald, Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart is once again pitting one town’s gain against another town’s loss, as the retailer shifts its stores ever so slightly, from discount operation to
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.