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Residents oppose proposed Dollar General; board removes rezoning hearing from agenda
Summary
Several residents urged the Board to reject a proposed Dollar General store. The Board amended the agenda to remove the public hearing for REZ 25-01 (Valco Investments LLC); the vote to remove the item passed with Supervisor Bryan Hamlet voting nay.
The Board amended its agenda on April 14 to remove item 12a, the public hearing for REZ 25-01 (Valco Investments LLC), after a motion by Supervisor Paul Stimpson and a second by Supervisor Eurika Tyree; the motion carried with Supervisor Bryan Hamlet voting no. Multiple citizens at the meeting stated their opposition to a proposed Dollar General site in the county: Betty Myers asked the Board to "just vote 'No'" on the project and to create a list of businesses for citizens; Ron Tavernier and Pam Hardy also spoke against the project, citing safety and transparency concerns.
Chairman John Newman pointed to intersection safety at the proposed Dollar General site and said the VDOT accident database is incorrect for that location. Several speakers contrasted the attention given to the Dollar General matter with other local projects, and the removal of the public hearing means formal rezoning discussion will be rescheduled or handled separately.
