It appears that after five years of opposing the construction of a Dollar General store in Joshua Tree, the fight is over. Last week, the California State Supreme Court denied a petition from the Joshua Tree Downtown Business Alliance for review of a ruling in June by the Fourth District Court of Appeals. That ruling was in favor of developer Dynamic Development, giving it a green light to build a 9,100-square foot store at the corner of Highway 62 and Sunburst Avenue. Opponents of the Dollar General store claim that the store is inconsistent with the Joshua Tree Community Plan—which encourages small independent businesses—and that it will cause urban decay among established businesses in Joshua Tree. David Fick of the Joshua Tree Downtown Business Alliance said, “This legal avenue of resisting Dollar General appears to have ended. We have and still are fighting the good fight to keep Joshua Tree the kind of place we have all come to know and love.”
