Skip to content
  • (413) 834-4284
  • [email protected]
  • 21 Grinnell St, Greenfield, Massachusetts
Search
Close
Sprawl-busters
  • Home
  • About
  • Resources
    • Links
    • Books
    • Movies
    • Home Towns, Not Home Depot
    • The Case Against Sprawl
  • Victories
  • Blog
    • Share Your Battle
  • Contact
Menu
  • Home
  • About
  • Resources
    • Links
    • Books
    • Movies
    • Home Towns, Not Home Depot
    • The Case Against Sprawl
  • Victories
  • Blog
    • Share Your Battle
  • Contact
  • Uncategorized

Lowe’s Project Going Nowhere Fast

  • Al Norman
  • May 22, 2006
  • No Comments

The developer who’s trying to build a Lowe’s home improvement store in Geneseo, New York, better reset his watch. Opponents of the project are delighted to report that the progress to date has been minimal. Sprawl-Busters received the following report from local residents: “The Lowe’s project gets more interesting day by day. Fourteen months into the Newman Development Group’s proposal to build a big box in Geneseo, they
have made little progress toward approval. The submission of a second, modified proposal led the Town Planning Board to request important additional information that had been left out and to require Newman to conduct a “real” traffic study. Newman remains unresponsive to local concerns; it continues to resist the efforts of the Town Planning Board to evaluate this project’s effects on traffic, our historic district, and the beauty of our valley. Meanwhile, the State Historic Preservation Office and Department of the Interior are reviewing the application. Most recently, Newman submitted their proposal to the Livingston County Planning Board for their review and approval. However, the County Planning Board postponed approval pending completion of a traffic study and a reengineering of the project so that the proposed Lowe’s faces Volunteer
Road, not 20A. The County Planning Board also requested that all vehicle access to Lowe’s come from Volunteer Road. This logic behind reorienting the building is to encourage development within the Gateway District, as intended when Volunteer Road was built, rather than continued sprawl along 20A. The County Planning Board also suggested this change might limit the visual impact of the massive building. Should the Town Planning Board agree with these recommendations, Newman will probably need to submit a new application. The next Town Planning Board meeting is June 12th.”

Residents in Geneseo are urging town officials to complete their Master Plan, and to finish the Access Management Plan for the Route 20A corridor, which already has a dead Wal-Mart discount store across the road from the new Wal-Mart supercenter. For earlier stories on this community, search Newsflash by Geneseo. For local contacts fighting the Lowe’s, contact [email protected]

Like this article?

Share on facebook
Share on Facebook
Share on twitter
Share on Twitter
Share on linkedin
Share on Linkdin
Share on pinterest
Share on Pinterest
Al Norman

Al Norman

Al Norman first achieved national attention in October of 1993 when he successfully stopped Wal-Mart from locating in his hometown of Greenfield, Massachusetts. Almost 3 decades later they is still not Wal-Mart in Greenfield. Norman has appeared on 60 Minutes, was featured in three films, wrote 3 books about Wal-Mart, and gained widespread media attention from the Wall Street Journal to Fortune magazine. Al has traveled throughout the U.S., Barbados, Puerto Rico, Ireland, and Japan, helping dozens of local coalitions fight off unwanted sprawl development. 60 Minutes called Al “the guru of the anti-Wal-Mart movement.”

Leave a comment

Find Us

  • 21 Grinnell St, Greenfield, MA
  • (413) 834-4284
  • [email protected]

Helpful Links

  • Terms
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookie Policy
Menu
  • Terms
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookie Policy

Recent Posts

CHRISTIAN SMALLS, FIRED AMZN WAREHOUSE WORKER, FILES RACE DISCRIMATION LAWSUIT. …

November 16, 2020

DUE TO THE SURGE IN CORONA CASES, WMT IS LIMITING SHOPPERS TO 5 PER 1,000 SF. A…

November 16, 2020

AMAZON RECENTLY ANNOUNCED FREE 1 HOUR GROCERY PICK UP FOR PRIME MEMBER ORDERS &g…

November 15, 2020

AFTER BEING REJECTED BY THE DEERFIELD, MA PLANNING BOARD, DOLLAR GENERAL APPEALS…

November 15, 2020

WILL TRUMP ALLOW ORACLE & WALMART TO INVEST IN TIK TOK? The deadline to ban …

November 14, 2020

AMAZON ACCUSED OF BREAKING ANTITRUST RULES IN EUROPE. “Data of 3rd-party sellers…

November 14, 2020

WALMART PET CARE NOW SELLING PET INSURANCE. My 3 year old mixed breed cat would …

November 13, 2020

WALMART’S GOING TO THE DOGS. 90 M OF ITS CUSTOMERS HAVE DOGS. You’d be Goofy not…

November 13, 2020

WALMART CASHIERS STILL LOOKING FOR A SEAT. They won a $65 M lawsuit in 2019, but…

November 12, 2020

4 DAYS BEFORE THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION,THE CO-FOUNDER OF HOME DEPOT SAID: “Pres…

November 12, 2020

Recent Tweets

Al Norman 7 hours ago

BIDEN’S “MADE IN AMERICA TAX PLAN” will “level the playing field” bet. small biz & multinationals... reward investment at home & shift how countries around the world tax corporations. They won’t be able to offshore jobs to pay lower taxes than small biz. https://t.co/klIsgNfUcA

Read More
Al Norman 7 hours ago

A GIG DRIVER COOPERATIVE REVVING UP IN CANADA & U.S. could ultimately drive Uber & Lyft off the road. I am honored to be part of this effort on April 29th. https://t.co/Q5ZSydYF7Y

Read More
Al Norman 1 day ago

HALF OF THE ALABAMA AMZN warehouse workers did not vote: 3,036 votes were cast out of 5,876 eligible voters. 30% of eligible voters were anti-union—but 2,840 didn’t vote—apathy, or scared they’d be fired. https://t.co/RcLWGxXZez

Read More

Ⓒ 2020 - All Rights Are Reserved

Design and Development by Just Peachy Web Design

Download Our Free Guide

Download our Free Guide

Learn How To Stop Big Box Stores And Fulfillment Warehouses In Your Community

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.