New Scotland, NY. Town Passes Six Month Moratorium Under Threat of Big Boxes
New Scotland, New York describes itself as “the best kept secret of Albany County.”

Cudahy, WI. Wal-Mart & Soccer Team Fail to Score A Goal
Not even an entire soccer team could help Wal-Mart score a goal in Cudahy, Wisconsin. 

Cornelius, OR. Wal-Mart Puts Another Superstore On Ice
It’s springtime in Cornelius, Oregon, but the proposed Wal-Mart supercenter is a cold as ice. 

Lake Wylie, SC. Residents Want More Than Wal-Mart’s ‘Old Blue Box.’
Neighbors in Lake Wylie, South Carolina are going to learn the hard way that to negotiate with Wal-Mart, you need leverage. 

Forsyth, GA. Wal-Mart Folds 57th Superstore Project
Don’t ever let anyone tell you that Wal-Mart projects are a “done deal.”

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Resources

			Rolling Back Property Tax Payments (PDF) How Wal-Mart Short-Changes Schools and Other Public Services by Challenging its Property Tax Assessments. A report by Good Jobs First.
			OURTOWN In the fall of 2005 Wal-Mart announced plans to build a SuperCenter in a small coastal Maine town.  The range of citizen responses soon created a fissure that divided the community. "Ourtown" follows the struggles of this community, challenged by the largest corporation in the world. To order a copy of the documentary film or to organize a screening in your community, visit www.ourtownmaine.com

FROM THE BATTLEMART BLOG

• New Scotland, NY. Town Passes Six Month Moratorium Under Threat of Big Boxes
  New Scotland, New York describes itself as “the best kept secret of Albany County.”
• Cudahy, WI. Wal-Mart & Soccer Team Fail to Score A Goal
  Not even an entire soccer team could help Wal-Mart score a goal in Cudahy, Wisconsin. 
• Cornelius, OR. Wal-Mart Puts Another Superstore On Ice
  It’s springtime in Cornelius, Oregon, but the proposed Wal-Mart supercenter is a cold as ice. 
• Lake Wylie, SC. Residents Want More Than Wal-Mart’s ‘Old Blue Box.’
  Neighbors in Lake Wylie, South Carolina are going to learn the hard way that to negotiate with Wal-Mart, you need leverage. 
• Forsyth, GA. Wal-Mart Folds 57th Superstore Project
  Don’t ever let anyone tell you that Wal-Mart projects are a “done deal.”