LaVergne Retail

Apparently this wasn't news to anyone but me.... I didn't realize that the former Bi-Lo / new Southern Family Market had closed. Wow, that was fast. A resident who lives in Madison Square behind the store said that after Bi-Lo left, the prices in the store kept going up and the selection wasn't as great. I guess people stopped going. A shame to lose that retail...

In one of the comments way down below, someone said that Publix looked into it but the lease was too expensive... did I read that?

As far as the liquor store going in where Lin's Chinese Restaurant used to be, I remember hearing the other liquor store at the corner of Murfreesboro Rd. and Madison Square below that real estate office is relocating. It's expected to be three times the space and should have better parking.

There have been quite a few comments about retail coming to LaVergne. I wonder if it would help if we wrote letters to whatever retail our Economic Development Committee is "courting" in support of the store(s). Would that have a positive impact in pulling the retailers in? I'll try to call Jerry Gann today and ask (or if he reads he can respond). Personally, I'm slammed at work, so it may be next week.