Coming Soon: Dollar General on Belcher Road

Construction of discount retail chain Dollar General's new location in Dunedin is nearly complete.

The latest discount retail chain store to join the Dunedin landscape is nearly complete. The up-and-coming Dollar General at 1260 Belcher Rd., near the corner of State Road 580, is constructed with faux windows that give it an upgraded, neighborhood feel when compared to the architecture style of the chain's base model.  Landscaping and road improvements were also made. The 9,100-square-foot store, which the city approved in October, is slated to receive interior work before it opens, possibly within the month.  Dollar General is also building at 1326 San Christopher Dr., where it replaces a boat and RV storage lot. Dunedin has one other Dollar General Store at Causeway Plaza. The stores carry school supplies, beach items, toys, toiletries…

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Concrete Fence, Live Oaks Part of Dollar General Deal

Developers for an incoming discount retail chain store on San Christopher Drive are promising to incorporate landscaping and both concrete and PVC fencing to provide a barrier to residents living nearby.

Live oaks, crape myrtles and concrete and PVC fencing are all part of the plans for an incoming Dollar General on San Christopher Drive. Developers for the discount retail chain promised the buffers for disgruntled neighbors in December, and they delivered at Thursday's city commission meeting. Commissioners approved land use and zoning changes that would discontinue split zoning and allow for Dollar General to build on what some neighbors called an "eyesore" vehicle storage lot at 1326 San Christopher Drive, near the corner of Pinehurst Road. Dollar General's final site plans presented on Feb. 21 incorporated landscaping and fencing changes to accommodate residents who voiced concerns for stormwater flooding, increased traffic and noise …

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San Christopher Dollar General Plans Move Along

Dollar General developers updated site plans that replace a privately-owned "eyesore" storage lot. The item is up for discussion at tonight's city commission meeting.

Updated plans for a Dollar General Store to replace an "eyesore" storage lot are expected to get a green light at Thursday's commission meeting. Developers recently changed the plans based on resident concerns for noise, traffic and stormwater flooding in a Dec. 6 public hearing. The latest plans have already received staff approval and await the final OK from city officials at Thursday's second public hearing.  Land use and rezoning changes that allow for an incoming discount retail chain at 1326 San Christopher Drive met resistance in November in December from both residents and a citizen advisory board that focuses on Dunedin development.  Commissioners said they had no legal reason to deny the Dollar General plans. Developers said they…

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Kimberly Truitt

4:23 pm on Friday, February 22, 2013

If the city would like another dollar store maybe they should put it in the downtown Dunedin Main Street area...but that would NEVER happen, as that is the only area that concerns city officials.   more ›

Top Headlines: Dollar General, Missing Scotsman, Neigbhorhood Watch Disbands

Did you miss something this week on Patch? We've got you covered with this rundown of the week's top stories.

1. Despite a citizen advisory board's recommendation to the contrary, city leaders this week agreed to move forward with plans to bring a Dollar General Store to San Christopher Drive in place of a boat and auto storage lot that some call an "eyseore."  2. An emotional interaction between residents and a Pinellas County Sheriff's sergeant was the last straw for frustrated leaders of the Lyndhurst Street Neighborhood Watch group, which decided to disband. 3. A Dunedin man is in Pinellas County Sheriff's custody for allegedly pawning his stepmother's jewelry, authorities say. 4. The ability to handle large scale construction projects recently earned local firm Terbo Construction the Dunedin Chamber of Commerce Medium Size Business of the …

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Evolving Dunedin

Dollar General One Step Closer to San Christopher

Dunedin City Commissioners voted unanimously in favor of preliminary land use and zoning changes and site plans for a Dollar General discount retail store that would replace an "eyesore" storage lot on San Christopher Drive on Thursday.

Ron Retterer just wanted to sell the "eyesore" storage lot he's owned for the past 20 to 30 years. "I’m ready to sell this place, I really am," he told Dunedin Commissioners at Thursday night's city meeting.  And despite the fact that a citizen advisory board recommended city leaders deny plans for a Dollar General Store on his lot, commissioners told impassioned Dunedin residents they had no legal reason to do so. "It’s about, 'what does the law say,' " Commissioner Julie Ward Bujalski told residents. "If you say that [the store] is not compatible. It’s got to be something within our code." Residents issued passionate arguments both for and against the discount retail chain planned for 1326 San Christopher Drive, near the Pinehurst Road …

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Cecilia

10:31 am on Sunday, December 9, 2012

The Retterer's are the current property owners of the San Christopher parcel which was on the table last Thursday night........And yes many of the Dollar General Stores do carry bread and milk and canned goods; and beer and wine as well - the delivery of which will be an added burden to an already congested road system (despite what the City planners say the San Christopher/Pinehurst corridor IS …   more ›

Should Dollar General Replace 'Eyesore' Storage Lot in Dunedin?

The second proposal for a Dollar General Store up for public discussion within the last 75 days — this one at San Christopher Drive and Pinehurst Road — is on the agenda for Thursday's city meeting at City Hall.

Ron Retterer's boat and auto storage lot is a mess of code violations. Open boats and split tires on his property collect rainwater, making it a mosquito breeding ground, and the overgrown ditch in the back, well, that never gets cleaned out, said Greg Rice, Dunedin's director of planning and development. A volunteer advisory board went so far as to call Retterer's storage lot an "eyesore" during a Nov. 14 Local Planning Agency meeting, but snubbed plans for land use and zone changes that would allow a major discount retail store to go in its place. Rice is bringing the snubbed proposal for a Dollar General Store at 1326 San Christopher Dr. to city commissioners for approval Thursday anyway. Discount Retail Store May Help Struggling …

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Evolving Dunedin

Incoming Dollar General Sparks Talk of New Anti Cookie-Cutter Codes

Dunedin commissioners suggested adding façade design concepts in its architectural guidelines to reduce the cookie-cutter look of incoming businesses Thursday, after reviewing plans for a Dollar General slated for Belcher Road.

Early plans for a Dollar General discount store sparked discussion of whether staff had addressed its cookie-cutter design during Thursday night's City Commission meeting. Commissioners unanimously approved the concept plans for the 9,100-square-foot Dollar General to be constructed at 1260 Belcher Road, at the site of a former Bank of America near State Road 580. Greg Rice, planning and development director, said that while Dollar General's architectural style is not one recommended in the city's architectural guidelines, it is an upgrade from a base prototype model. The architectural guidelines for developers were adopted during an era when the city wanted to address the look of condominium and residential development. The guidelines …

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Bill McElligott

5:05 pm on Friday, October 5, 2012

That new building on main st is Family dollar another high end business to come to Dunedin (sic)   more ›