New Rules Project

Wal-Mart and an Ohio developer run a successful campaign to overturn a Vermont town's local ordinance governing large-scale retail stores.

A bill to tax large-scale retail stores draws surprisingly broad support.

Wal-Mart must convince six neighboring communities to approve its plans for a giant supercenter in a rural township.

Dozens of communities have enacted zoning ordinances that restrict the physical size of new retail stores.

Commentators from The Washington Post and New Republic debate racism as part of Washington D.C.'s gentrification.

The New Rules publishes two sample ordinances from Kansas City restricting chain store development.

The Home Town Advantage reports on efforts to stop chain store development and has published its January, 2001 issue.

A new bimonthly bulletin is dedicated to reporting on efforts nationwide to stop chain store proliferation and support locally owned businesses.