HOMER — Residents in northern Banks County soon will not have to drive to Baldwin or Homer to buy items not available at their local convenience stores.
Tuesday night the Banks County Commission unanimously approved an application from SW Baldwin LLC / Sullivan Wickley to rezone a 2.5-acre parcel at the corner of Harmony Church Road and U.S. 441 for the future location of a Dollar General Store.
"It will be a new standard 9,100-square-foot Dollar General, four sides brick," said Colin Edwards, representative of the development company. "We hope to get open in February 2017 and bring about 10 jobs to the area."
Edwards told commissioners construction on the store should start later this year.
