Sprawl-Busters.com ~ An International Clearinghouse on Big Box Anti-Sprawl Information http://www.sprawl-busters.com/search.php?SRCHrecent=1 Just over two years ago I wrote a column on the Huffington Post which charged that giant retailers like Wal-Mart and Target were using mom and pop stores as human shields in their battle against Amazon.com over taxing online sales. http://sprawl-busters.com/search.php?readstory=4023 Thu, 09 May 2013 Eastern Daylight Time It's been an inch-by-inch crawl for Wal-Mart in Ridgecrest, California, because the world's largest retailer has been waiting years for public welfare to come through before building their superstore. The city has voted to use nearly $3 million in public welfare to make this Wal-Mart happen---but it still hasn't happened. http://sprawl-busters.com/search.php?readstory=4022 Sat, 04 May 2013 Eastern Daylight Time A battle over definitions is shaping up in Whitehall Township, Michigan, where opponents say a 126,000 s.f. Wal-Mart superstore is a 'shopping center,' but the developer and the township's zoning administrator say it's a 'retail store.' Whether or not this project gets built could hinge on how this superstore is defined. http://sprawl-busters.com/search.php?readstory=4021 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 Eastern Daylight Time About 4 weeks ago, the Oregonian newspaper carried a story that Wal-Mart had announced plans to open a 137,900 s.f. superstore in Tigard,Oregon by late 2013. http://sprawl-busters.com/search.php?readstory=4020 Sat, 20 Apr 2013 Eastern Daylight Time Residents in the small town of Maynard, Massachusetts (2010 pop. 10,106) have just over one month to try to derail a big box project that is widely believed to include a Wal-Mart supercenter. http://sprawl-busters.com/search.php?readstory=4019 Sun, 14 Apr 2013 Eastern Daylight Time