Stop Antioch Wal-Mart Expansion

Group sues to stop Walmart Supercenter plans in Antioch

by Paul Burgarino, Contra Costa Times - Nov. 2010
ANTIOCH -- Wal-Mart's bid to expand its store here into a Supercenter is headed to court after an environmental group sued to block the plan last week...

Bad decision

Letter to the Editor, Contra Costa Times - Oct. 2010
Well they did it! Antioch Mayor James Davis and the council will allow the Walmart expansion. Other grocery stores like Lucky's, Raley's and Save Mart will most likely close, leaving more urban decay and graffiti...

Antioch City Council approves Walmart expansion

KGO-TV - Sept. 2010
Walmart is now free to move forward with a controversial expansion in Antioch... Antioch denied the project in July, but reversed course after Walmart threatened to sue... 

Antioch Walmart expansion rejected again

TradingMarkets.com - Jul. 2010
ANTIOCH, Jul 28, 2010 (Contra Costa Times - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) --For the second time in three years, Walmart has lost a bid to expand its store on Lone Tree Way into the company's first Supercenter in the East Bay...

Three years after defeat, Wal-Mart tries again

WalmartWatch.com - Jan. 2010
On November 6, 2006, Sprawl-Busters reported that Wal-Mart had proposed to expand its store in Antioch, California, by 72,980 s.f. to create a 203,103 s.f. supercenter on Lone Tree Way. More than three years later, that expansion has not been approved...

Walmart feeds voters, but loses vote

WalmartWatch.com - Feb. 2007
Wal-Mart has unveiled a new tactic in its strategy to win the hearts and minds of local voters. The way to a voter’s heart, Wal-Mart believes, is through her stomach. On November 6, 2006, Sprawl-Busters reported that Wal-Mart had proposed to expand its store in Antioch, California, by 72,980 s.f. to create a 203,103 s.f. supercenter on Lone Tree Way...

Is Walmart Trying To Buy Antioch City Council?

KGO-TV - Nov. 2006
Walmart asked the Antioch City Council to grant it permission to expand to 200,000 square feet. The city council deferred a decision on the expansion until January - which has the effect of putting Walmart right in the middle of the city council race.