Family Dollar/Dollar Tree will be opening a hybrid store in Lisbon, with hopes that the building and store will be constructed and opened by the holidays of 2023.
The City of Lisbon unanimously approved the site plan for the new business, which will be located to the east of Dollar General along Business 30.
“We appreciate the work of city administrator Brandon Siggins and city engineer David Schechinger,” said Chris Wentz of developer Bridge Investment group. “We conducted a site visit last year and have started some site work this year. It’s going to be nice, adding more tax dollars to the community, another place to shop and a few more jobs for the community.”
City engineer David Schechinger had a few items that needed to be addressed following the site plan’s presentation to the Lisbon planning and zoning commission.
One of the concerns was with the east boundary of the Family Dollar/Dollar Tree to mitigate the impact of a business being created near a residential property. In other locations, it is sometimes needed to have a fence or other boundary to cut glare.
Wentz said that for them, the issue is that there is a significant change in elevation to the east side of the property.
He was in favor of placing bushes along that east line, knowing it may take a few years for bushes to fill out and get the desired effect.
Mayor Doug O’Connor also said he was in favor of that solution, not wanting to have a nine-foot fence to be installed at the property.
City administrator Brandon Siggins said the council was unable to get any communication from the property owner to the east.
Another issue was the possibility of installing a sidewalk to the business. Currently, no sidewalk exists along that stretch of Business 30. Schechinger advised the council to make sure if a sidewalk is installed along Business 30 in the future, The Family Dollar/Dollar Tree store would be responsible for building it.
There was also some concern about the size of the parking lot, but because the road this connects to is a new city street, Schechinger was looking for council guidance.
There was also a request that maybe tying some of the masonry to the front exterior of the building would be something to look into as well.
Wentz said the goal is to have the store open before the holidays, and the community should see some work starting on the new building in the next week.
“It takes four to five months from construction beginning to a store being officially open,” Wentz said.