No Dollar General in Joshua Tree!!!

"Three years ago, the Joshua Tree Community began its battle against Dollar General, a corporate predator that wants to build a store in our central district. Community members, friends and neighbors rallied, organized and educated ourselves, and forced the County to change its process and give the project greater scrutiny and broader public review. Despite all our statements and evidence showing the project should be rejected, the Planning Department and Planning Commission approved it. We appealed to the Board of Supervisors. Despite the hundreds of pages of written statements and evidence we submitted, and a day-long hearing, the Board of Supervisors also approved the project, with only Supervisor Ramos voting our way.
After countless volunteer hours, garage sales and donations, we challenged that decision in State Court, and won!

Our legal victory means the County has to review this project again from the beginning, with a new initial public notice and it must correctly follow CEQA procedure and standards.
At the end of November, 2014, Dollar General appealed our win to the next level. Once again, Joshua Tree braces for another David vs. Goliath battle. Hanging in the balance of this fight is the future of our Community: If we maintain this win, we set a precedent and maintain our unique community character and identity as Joshua Tree.

Please join us in supporting the legal fees it will take to defend our win.

UPDATE: We are taking the fight to the California State Spreme Court! We have had to raise our goal to acheive the this. Please Support if you can. We won't Quit if you Don't! Thank you from Joshua Tree!