By Neill Caldwell neill.caldwell@thestokesnews.com
Dollar General’s proposal to build a second store in downtown Walnut Cove was rejected by the town’s Planning Board last Thursday night.
WALNUT COVE The Planning and Zoning Board of the Town of Walnut Cove voted 3-1 last Thursday night to deny a developer a conditional use permit to build a Dollar General story on Main Street.
The quasi-judicial hearing on the permit request dragged on for more than five hours as both sides of the issue presented multiple witnesses.
The hearing was held at Willow Oak Baptist Church to accommodate the socially distanced crowd of concerned residents.
By Neill Caldwell neill.caldwell@thestokesnews.com
Dollar General’s proposal to build a second store in downtown Walnut Cove was rejected by the town’s Planning Board Thursday night.
WALNUT COVE The Planning and Zoning Board of the Town of Walnut Cove voted 3-1 Thursday night to deny a developer a permit to build a Dollar General store on Main Street.
The quasi-judicial hearing on the conditional use permit request dragged on for more than five hours as both sides of the issue presented multiple witnesses.
The hearing was held at Willow Oak Baptist Church to accommodate the socially distanced crowd of concerned residents.
The new Board of Commissioners convenes its organizational meeting earlier in the month.
DANBURY The Board of County Commissioners moved closer to approval of a new salary system for county employees during its regular meeting Monday night, signaling it will approve the salary study plan being offered by The Mercer Group, an outside consultant, at its next meeting in January.
Actually implementing the plan, however, may require much more work, several commented.
In short, the plan would assign each county job a pay grade, which would have a minimum salary, a maximum and a mid-point. The Mercer Group’s plan also offers recommendations as to which jobs should be assigned into which pay grade.