Site Fight Updates

Local site fight groups can claim victory on a few fronts this week, starting with the Livermore City Council in Livermore, CA, which unanimously approved a “supercenter” ordinance designed to stop large retail projects. The city council in Dayton, OH, passed a resolution supporting a union group’s efforts against Wal-Mart’s business practices. In addition, Wal-Mart opposition saw plans for one supercenter in Folsom, CA, scrapped, and another in Longview, WA, delayed:

Livermore Wal-Mart ‘supercenter’ denied [Contra Costa (Calif.) Times]
Add Livermore to the growing list of cities not interested in seeing a “supercenter” open up in its borders.

Resolution calls on Wal-Mart to do better [Springfield (Ohio) News-Sun]
Clark County Commissioners have joined Dayton in passing a resolution supporting a union group’s efforts against Wal-Mart’s business practices.

Wal-Mart scraps plans for new Supercenter [Folsom (Calif.) Telegram]
It looks like Folsom will stay a one-Wal-Mart town. Wal-Mart withdrew its application for a new Supercenter near Iron Point Road and Serpa Way this week.

Opponents win one round in Wal-Mart battle [Daily News (Longview, Wash.)]
Opponents of a proposed Wal-Mart SuperCenter won an appeal that will delay but probably not kill the project.

Posted by Corey Himrod on Wednesday, March 28, 2007

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