By Patricia ScheyerNKyTribune reporterWalton’s colorful mayor Gabriel Brown, tendered a verbal resignation last week at an executive session held after the regular council meeting meeting.
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Provides Donation to Local School District to Illustrate Commitment to Serving the Community
Today, Dollar General celebrated the grand opening of its Walton, Kentucky distribution center alongside employees, Company executives, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear and other officials. Representing an approximate $65 million investment in Boone County, Kentucky, the Walton facility is expected to create 300 new distribution and private fleet career opportunities and support more than 800 Dollar General stores at full capacity.
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear joins Dollar General for a ribbon cutting ceremony celebrating the grand opening of the Company s new Walton, Kentucky Distribution Center. (Photo: Business Wire) We are excited to celebrate our Walton distribution center grand opening and to continue supporting Kentucky communities, said Todd Vasos, Dollar General s CEO. Dollar General s roots run deep in the Commonwealth, and we are grateful for the partnership from stat
The new 630,000-sq. ft. facility is expected to employ 300 people in distribution and private-fleet jobs.
The company also donated $10,000 to Walton-Verona Independent Schools.
“Joining with Dollar General’s leadership team, new employees and local leaders to help open this facility today makes a clear statement about the direction of the company and Kentucky,” Beshear said. “Dollar General’s decision to add new operations in our state highlights Kentucky’s key location for the distribution and logistics industry, a sector seeing supercharged demand as we sprint out of this pandemic. My congratulations to Dollar General and the many people who worked to make today’s announcement possible. As our economy accelerates, we look forward to seeing this facility at full scale and the company’s eight-decade partnership with Kentucky continue to flourish.”