Wal-Mart Agrees To Spend Half A Million On Impact Studies
Wal-Mart is not used to having independent consultants analyze its plans — but that’s the price the retailer is going to have to pay if
Wal-Mart is not used to having independent consultants analyze its plans — but that’s the price the retailer is going to have to pay if
Would Paradise still be Paradise if it had a Wal-Mart supercenter? The town of Paradise, California, which was incorporated in 1979, has the motto, “May
Joni Mitchell may never have set foot in Paradise, California, but her warning that someone would “pave Paradise, and put up a parking lot,” certainly
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.