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Thursday, June 21st, 2018

Dollar General has no plans to rebuild store

By Sydney Albert
CELINA - Dollar General officials have no current plans to rebuild the Havemann Road store, which was heavily damaged in the November tornado, according to a statement from a corporate media relations representative.
The lot at 1905 Havemann Road has been sitting relatively barren for months after what remained of the store had been torn down. The building had sustained severe damage in the Nov. 5 tornado that swept through Celina. The front windows had been completely shattered and portions of the roof had been ripped off or collapsed into the building.
Immediately after the tornado, a construction manager for Dollar General who declined to be named had told the newspaper the structure likely wasn't salvageable and would need to be "scraped to the slab" before it was rebuilt.
"After a comprehensive review of how we can best meet our customers' needs following store damage sustained in Celina, we do not have current plans to reopen the store on Havemann Road," Angela Petkovic, a corporate media relations representative for Dollar General, wrote in an email.
Petkovic wrote that Dollar General would continue serving residents at its other area stores.
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