Residents Resist “Tiny Target” In Their Neighborhood
Target is the target of angry residents in the neighborhood of South Park, in San Diego, California. What the media is calling a “Tiny Target”
Target is the target of angry residents in the neighborhood of South Park, in San Diego, California. What the media is calling a “Tiny Target”
Wal-Mart has stumbled onto something really big: stores that are really small. After ripping up our nation’s landscape for nearly half a century, Wal-Mart has
One City Councilor in San Diego, California called it a “dark day for democracy.” Wal-Mart needed only 8 weeks and maybe twenty thousand dollars to
To Wal-Mart, Democracy is just another commodity you can buy — if you have enough money. In San Diego, California, Wal-Mart is attempting to buy
Big Box history is repeating itself in San Diego, California — and Wal-Mart is turning on the political pressure to prevent a big box ordinance
Wal-Mart found out this week it needs to be more careful about what it puts in its trash. The federal government has accepted a huge
Residents in San Diego, California will not be protected from big box stores after all. On June 5, 2007, Sprawl-Busters reported that Wal-Mart was threatening
Sprawl-Busters reported on November 30, 2006 that the San Diego, California city council had taken the first major step towards imposing a cap on the
Home Depot announced yesterday that it has received notice from Relational Investors, an investment firm based in San Diego, California, that Relational intends to submit
Big box stores can be stopped with one little sentence. A growing number of communities are amending their zoning code to keep out very large
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.