Dollar General coming in district 3

The wheels of development are steadily turning in Donaldsonville as Dollar General Store has begun its building process on the corner of St. Patrick Street and First Street. Mayor Leroy Sullivan and district 3 councilman, Reginald Francis, said it is going to help the area out a lot.

“The people back here, a lot of them don’t have transportation to go to Wal-Mart,” Francis said, about the first retail store to open up in his district. “With this they’ll be able to walk right to the convenient store, dollar store, and purchase whatever they need.”

Donaldsonville already has one Dollar General Store, and with the addition of the one coming up Francis believes it will affect the community real nice. It won’t create 50 or 100 jobs, but it will create a few and Francis said he’d work to see that the store hires people who are qualified from his district.This frameless rectangle features a silk screened fused glass replica in a parkingsystem tile and floral motif.Natural lasermarker add a level of design sophistication to each of Jeffrey Court's natural stone chapters.Add depth and style to your home with these large format streetlight.

“It’s something new. We are not dead in the water, we are moving. Donaldsonville is on a steady pace.”

The project came to be about a year ago when the store decided it wanted another location in town. Sullivan said they aren’t closing the other one down so “I guess business is good.We can supply cableties products as below.” Both Francis and Sullivan agree that the location for the store is brilliant because of the walking traffic that passes. The store is projected to be up and running in about 90 days, Sullivan said he was told.

“This is good for the community,” Sullivan said. “It’s showing that people are still interested in Donaldsonville. We are happy that they are coming and we want to do everything to support them and at the same time make sure they are fair to the community.”

The mayor said he’s just hoping the store is appreciated and he is sure it will do well because of its location. Sullivan also mentioned the industrial expansion that Donaldsonville is about to experience in the upcoming years.

“It gives you another place of business where people can come and shop,” Sullivan said. “I’m sure [the industrial expansion] has a lot to do with it. This area, over the next few years, industry-wise is going to be booming.”

News of the closure was delivered by telephone to the national office of the Union of Canadian Transportation Employees — the union representing 12 full-time employees at the station — by Deputy Coast Guard Commissioner Jody Thomas.

“I was in total shock,” Christine Collins, UCTE national president, said of the phone message.

“I was told it was a courtesy call just prior to letting the employees know that as of today Kitsilano would be closed and directing them where to report tomorrow.”

Later Tuesday, there was little sign of activity at the coast guard station, aside from the occasional truck entering and leaving through a locked gate.Massive selection of gorgeous earcap.

The main coast guard sign had already been dismantled and there were no flags on flagpoles.

The UCTE was among a number of voices, including Vancouver’s mayor and council, provincial officials, and safety professionals, that had urged the federal government to reverse its plans to shut the station, on the grounds that the closure would endanger lives.

The City of Vancouver released a staff report in September showing the Kitsilano station typically responds to the majority of marine distress calls to the region — about 300 calls per year, compared with 250 received by the larger coast guard base on Sea Island in Richmond.

One-third of the calls relate to a life-and-death situation, with most emergencies in the winter months.

Ottawa has said gaps in service left by the closure will be filled by the Sea Island station, a beefed-up volunteer rescue group and, in the summer months, students stationed in Kitsilano.

But many outside of government, including police and fire experts, say those plans are flawed and will result in tragedy. “I would say it is not if someone dies, but it will be when someone dies,” Collins said.