Borough: DG demolition permit includes prep work for rebuild

KAYLEE LINDENMUTH / SHENANDOAH SENTINEL - Heavy equipment is used to bring down the fire-damaged Dollar General store in Shenandoah's Turkey Run section on August 24, 2023.

TURKEY RUN – Borough officials say Dollar General requested permission for the first steps towards a rebuild as part of its demolition permit for the fire-damaged store in Turkey Run.

Borough Manager Anthony Sajone told the Sentinel Thursday that the Tennessee-based company received permission to begin site preparation for a rebuild after demolition is complete.

The store, on a pad site at the Gold Star Plaza in the Turkey Run section of town, sat empty and largely untouched since fire ripped through the single-story structure in the springtime.

KAYLEE LINDENMUTH / SHENANDOAH SENTINEL – A pile of debris is seen in the parking lot of Dollar General on August 24, 2023.

Demolition began this week and was halfway complete as of Thursday afternoon.

Sajone said the company has been in contact with the borough in the months since the fire and rebuild plans have not yet been finalized.

Multiple emails from the Sentinel to Dollar General’s media relations department regarding the store have gone unanswered.

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