Dollar General on Spanish Trail dead issue

Greg Rettig, who organized the grassroots effort to prevent Dollar General from building a store on Spanish Trail and Summit Blvd, posted on his Facebook…

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Cordova Park and surrounding neighborhoods have no plans to give up Dollar General fight

Greg Retting has been one of the leaders of the grassroots effort to block rezoning land on Spanish Trial from residential to commercial. In this…

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Council to discuss Dollar General and Airport Food Services (Update)

The City of Pensacola released yesterday afternoon the agendas for next week’s meetings of the Pensacola City Council. Included on the agenda are two controversial…

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Myers proposes changes in land development code to prevent another Dollar General debacle

Councilwoman Sherri Myers has proposed changes to the city’s land development code that will require more notification of rezoning changes. Recently the city of Pensacola…

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The Other Side To Dollar General Story

Billy Helms, student director at East Hill Baptist Church, visited the Independent News offices to talk about his church’s decision to sell a portion on…

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Petition drive against Dollar General now has over 680 signatures

This grassroots effort continues to gain momentum. A petition has been set up on change.org and it has 686 signatures has of 7 a.m. this…

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Homeowners will be at Vickery Center tonight to talk with Mayor about Dollar General issue

This email has been circulated by homeowner associations in the Cordova Park area: To all our Homeowners, Two residents brought to my attention that East…

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Neighbors protest dollar store coming to Summit Blvd

We are getting several emails regarding a dollar store (not sure which brand – Dollar General, Family Dollar, Dollar Tree or just Dollar Dollar) being…

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