Editing Dollar General (section)

=== Rural and Small Town Resistance ===
There has been a trend of citizens in small towns organizing to prevent development of Dollar General in towns with a strong rural identity.<ref>{{Cite web |title=You guys can all go home |date=16 January 2025 |url=https://www.midcoastvillager.com/news/you-guys-can-all-go-home/article_3fd86f6e-d3c7-11ef-9df3-83d3e1783311.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Land sale for proposed Stockport Dollar General falls through |date=11 September 2024 |url=https://www.dailygazette.com/hv360/stockport-dollar-general/article_1724467a-6f85-11ef-9ad0-cf834bc01339.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Lincolnville swiftly, unanimously approves moratorium on major nonresidential developments |date=11 December 2023 |url=https://penbaydev.ebizonstaging.com/article/lincolnville-swiftly-unanimously-approves-moratorium-major-nonresidential-development/181346}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Terlinguans against Dollar General talk dark sky protections, hope for buyout |date=21 August 2024 |url=https://bigbendsentinel.com/2024/08/21/terlinguans-against-dollar-general-talk-dark-sky-protections-hope-for-buyout/}}</ref>

The [[Institute for Local Self-Reliance|Institute for Local Self Reliance]], ILSR, assists communities in rejecting Dollar Store development.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dollar Stores Cause Economic Distress |url=https://ilsr.org/independent-business/dollar-stores/}}</ref> A report by ILSR, The Dollar Store Invasion<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Dollar Store Invasion |url=https://ilsr.org/articles/report-dollar-store-invasion/}}</ref> details the tactics of the dollar chains and the rising grassroots opposition.