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What: Fairborn Planning Board meeting
When: 6 p.m. today
Where: Government Center, 44 W. Hebble Avenue
A new dollar store is being proposed in the city of Fairborn on a property that once housed a medical office.
Dollar General plans to open a new 9,100-square-foot building at 1854 S. Maple Ave., where a former pediatrician’s office has sat vacant for more than 10 years.
That building would be demolished to pave the way for the new store, according to Mike Gebhart, Fairborn’s community development director. The cost of the project and the number of jobs it will create have not been determined, he said.
“Hopefully this provides a service to the surrounding neighborhoods and businesses,” Gebhart said. “I can’t tell you how important it is to remove these unwanted buildings from our inventory. It will be a quality building with a quality retailer coming in.”
Dollar General’s final development plan will go before the Fairborn Planning Board tonight. The board also will consider rezoning the 1.4-acre property from O-1 office to PD-2 planned commercial development.
The first reading at City Council is scheduled for Aug. 17, with the public hearing, second reading and a potential vote at the Sept. 8 meeting.
There are four Dollar General stores in Fairborn, according to the company’s website.
Mary Kathryn Colbert, a Dollar General spokeswoman, said the company is looking to relocate one of its existing stores to the new location on South Maple, but it has not yet committed to it. She did not confirm which store is being considered for relocation.
Colbert said there is no construction timeline and the company is not expected to be out of the planning phase until 2016.
“This project is still in our ‘due diligence’ or planning phase, which means we are working to secure the permits and licenses necessary to move forward with this project so we don’t hit any road blocks in the event we do go ahead with it,” Colbert said in an email.
Based in Goodlettsville, Tenn., Dollar General had $18.9 billion in sales in fiscal year 2014, according to its website. The company has 11,700-plus stores in 43 states, and employs more than 105,000 people.
There are approximately 40 Dollar General stores in the Greater Dayton area.
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