Stark board OKs deal for Dollar General

By JOHN A. BALLENTINE
For The Prairie News

TOULON – Dollar General is officially coming to Toulon.
The Stark County board approved an amendment to a purchase and sale contract between the county and Dollar General at a special meeting on Jan. 26. The amendment specifies exactly how a temporary construction entrance is to be constructed.

The new Dollar General store is to be located just north of the existing County Highway building and be accessed to and from State Route 91. The temporary entrance will be located at the northwest corner of the county property to provide egress from Route 91.

The purchase and sale of 2.27 acres of county property to The Overland Group, LLC, of Birmingham, Ala. and West Plains, Mo., for the purpose of building a Dollar General store is approximately “90 percent processed”, according to County Board Chairman Al Curry.

Price tag for the property purchase is $100,000. Once the contract is signed by both parties, construction could commence.

After years of discussion, the county also has plans to construct a new highway building, though the location is still being evaluated according to county engineer Judd Giffin. Once a new structure is completed, the existing building will be torn down.

Giffin said the intention is also to add a privately-run gas station at the corner where the existing mainteanance building now stands. The gas station would be accessed from the relocated Dollar General entry.