Links
New Local Wal-Mart Links
The proposed Wal-Mart Supercenter in Hadley is generating alot of local concern. See the sites below for some local organizations working to affect the project:
StopSprawlMart.org
Western Mass Wal-Mart Voices
NoWayWalMart.com
We are not alone...
Raynham, MA
http://www.raynhamfirst.com/
Stanford, CT
http://www.staffordfirst.org/
Vernon, CT
http://www.smartgrowthforvernon.org/
Vermont
http://www.vermontwalmartwatch.org/
Potsdam, NY
http://www.nccrg.org/
Ithaca, NY
http://tclivingwage.org/
Hillsboro, NH
http://www.wakeupwalmart.com/news/20050721-cm.html
Where We Shop and Why It Matters
How does shopping shape our landscape? Listen to Smart City interview with Stacy Mitchell and Steve Bercu. Mitchell is the author of "The Hometown Advantage" and Steve Bercu is president of BookPeople, a big independent bookstore in Austin. Smart City Interview.
Sprawl Related
The Vermont Forum on Sprawl
An easy to understand presentation about sprawl and smart-growth and their effects. See their animation of Sprawl in Action. http://www.vtsprawl.org/
Limits on Building Size in New England
A list of some New England towns that have insituted limits on the maximum size of developments.
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Home Town Advantage Bulletin
A bimonthly electronic newsletter reporting on efforts nationwide to stop chain store proliferation and support locally owned, independent retail businesses. Find out how other communities are bucking the "big box" retail trend and encouraging small-scale, homegrown businesses - and why this approach is proving far more beneficial to the local economy.
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Sprawl-Busters
Helping citizens groups strategize and carry out plans to stop the superstores. Newsflash page contains the latest on big box battles from around the globe, and the book "Slam Dunking Wal-Mart" has become a citizen's classic for hands-on combat with Sprawl-Marts.
Sprawl-Busters
Big Box Retail
What's Wrong with Wal-Mart
http://www.tradelocal.org/arts/wrongwal.htm
Superstores and Democracy
http://www.ilsr.org/columns/1995/3Feb95.html
New congestion study shows remedies working, but traffic jams still growing
Texas Transportation Institute
Hadley - Act Locally
CISA -
(Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture)
Support farmers by buying local produce. Click here for a list of Hadley retailers selling local produce.
Kestrel Trust,
Preserving farmland and open space in Amherst, Hadley, and Shutesbury.
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Town of Hadley, Hadley, MA 01035, Phone: (413) 586-7274,
Fax: (413) 586-5661
www.hadleyma.org
Hadley Demographics
Hadley 2000 census data, online. Population, housing, income, school age children, etc. >>More
Hadley Demographics (PDF)
Four pages of data from the 2000 census on household size, income, and other
demographic info for Hadley: >>More
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=2964
Hadley Neighbors for Sensible Development
Seeking democratic solutions to difficult development issues in the fertile Connecticut River Valley.
http://www.hadleyneighbors.org/
Town Activism
Leominster First
The founders of Leominster First want to protect the town from the Wal-Mart mall complex proposed by New England Development, an out-of-town firm.
http://www.leominsterfirst.org/
Austin Action
Fighting big boxes in Texas.
http://austinaction.org/
We Can't Build That!
Yes, it's possible to build people friendly development. Northampton, MA featured. >>More
New Tools for Building Better Communities
New Rules Retail
New Rules outlines ideas for town to revive our retail businesses: where neighbors meet, community news is exchanged, and a sense of civic culture is built." A wide variety of helpful tools and suggestions. >>More
Massachusetts Citizen Planner Training Collaborative
http://www.umass.edu/masscptc/
Smart Growth Principles (PDF)
A set of eight principles used by the Vermont Smart Growth Collaborative to
define smart growth.
http://www.vtsprawl.org/Initiatives/sgcollaborative/sg_principles.pdf
Pioneer Valley Planning Commission
http://www.pvpc.org/index.html
Growth and Quality of Life Tool Kit
The Growth and Quality of Life Tool Kit offers examples of successful
strategies used to encourage growth that supports a host of state and local
priorities. States and communities can use this array of best practices to
help shape growth strategies that fit their unique needs.
National Governors Association
Policy Guide on Smart Growth
The American Planning Association adopted this policy guide in 2002. It
includes a statement of smart growth principles and definitions, as well as
specific motions and outcomes.
U.S. Department of Energy, Smartgrowth Communities Network
Social Cost of Alternative Land Development Scenarios
The Federal Highway Administration has sponsored the development of a
prototype model to estimate the full cost of alternative land use patterns.
The model estimates monetary and non-monetary costs
associated with urban land development at the metropolitan scale.
U.S. Department of Transportation
Ahwahnee Principles
A highly acclaimed set of community and regional principles developed by a
leading group of architects and urban planners to assist local government
officials in planning for quality of life and sustainability.
U.S. Department of Energy, Smartgrowth Communities Network
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