Dollar General may, or may not, move one of its Galesburg stores

To hear officials with a retail chain with two Galesburg locations tell it, it’s not yet certain that they will move one of those stores.

A spokesperson with Tennessee-based Dollar General tells WGIL in an e-mail that the company may “possibly” relocate the store currently at East Main and Seminary Streets, but the company has in no way reached a final decision on the matter.

The Register-Mail reported last week that the city has received a set of documents suggesting that the East Main Dollar General could move several blocks east to the former Family Video site.

But the Dollar General spokesperson says the company is simply “reviewing the opportunity to relocate, but we have not committed to doing so just yet.”  They say they are going through a “due diligence” phase by getting all the necessary permits so that they can move forward if that’s what they decide.

The company does say they hope to make a decision on what to do by late Spring.

If the East Main Dollar General does move, it would put it almost right across the street from a similar retailer, Family Dollar.

The East Main Family Video closed in late October of last year.

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