The Center for a Better South
Construction is moving along apace on a new Family Dollar building on Main Street in downtown Kingstree on the spot once occupied by a Piggly Wiggly grocery store, writes photographer Linda W. Brown. She says the town already has two Family Dollar stores and, presumably, one will move into the new building. Kingstree also has two Dollar General stores.
Copyrighted photo by Linda W. Brown taken in April 2015. All rights reserved.
These construction workers are preparing a plat in Abbeville, Ga., for a new Family Dollar store that’s right across the street from the county courthouse.
That’s good news because the economic investment offers more shopping opportunities for people in rural Wilcox County, one of the Peach State’s smaller counties with 9,068 residents, according to the U.S. Census. About two thirds of residents are white and a third black. Estimates by the U.S. Census are that 27.4 percent of county residents live in poverty.
Photo taken May 15, 2013 by Michael Kaynard of Kaynard Photography. All rights reserved.