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Board approves Dollar General Market in Ford after mixed public feedback
Summary
The board rezoned ~2.75 acres in the Ford village area to allow a Dollar General Market, after hearing a 309-signature petition in favor and residents' concerns about staffing, design and local convenience. Planning commission had opposed the rezoning 5–1.
The Dinwiddie County Board of Supervisors approved a rezoning request to allow a Dollar General Market on approximately 2.75 acres in the Ford village area, voting to accept proffers that limit certain uses and require brick facades and downward-directed lighting.
Planning staff said the site, which fronts Route 460 and Clay Street Road, fits the county’s Ford village development designation…
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