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Salt Lake City, UT (June 26, 2008) - Neighborhoods are standing up for independent local businesses in the city's Sugar House district by opposing Wal-Mart's request for rezoning a former Kmart site to make way for a new 113,000-square-foot supercenter.
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Vallejo, CA - The grassroots group, Vallejoans for Responsible Growth, has pressured Wal-Mart in to dropping its plans for a 206,000-square-foot supercenter.
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