Business Bits

Back Yard Burger closes for good, rumor is that several other restaurants will follow in Danville………..Home Depot parking lot looks like a ghost town but word is contract sales are keeping their bottom line in the black……Sam’s Club had good Christmas……Pier 1 is on the ropes……….Two new computer sweepstakes stores opened in Danville, may be the wave of the future but who is behind these stores? None other then cash lending companies…….Rumor abounds that K-Mart, Hobby Lobby, and Ashley Furniture will close but no confirmations…..Liquor Stores did fine the holiday!....New barbecue restaurant searching hard for location in Danville……Danville needs a full service computer store……..1,700 acres bought on SR 863 at state line can only mean a BIG plant, keep your fingers crossed, rumor has it to be a Volkswagon or Toyota hybrid plant…….New brick company set to come to Pittsylvania area……Employment office and WIA office set to merge in a new location…..First Citizens has plans to move bank to Piney Forest and NorDan…..big plans for the Davis headquarters building on Bridge St, said to be a hotel and high end coffee shop….. Danville needs a good coffee shop on Riverside Drive…….Sheetz poking around 58 East area for location……Rumor of US Government data processing center on Memorial Drive…..another one planned for the old Value City site………New trendy fashion store to come to Riverside Drive area……Norris Funeral home building new facility on 58 West next to cemetery at Church Ave……..DanView Restaurant smoke free after January 1, expect to see more eating places to follow…..Oyster house restaurant set to open on Westover Drive……Electronics store downtown closes…..Bogies Burgers opens in old McDonalds restaurant in Ballou Park….Flurry of activity in old Rax’s Restaurant on Riverside, any ideas?.....Kohls rumored for old Boscov’s space……..Can’t we get a good bookstore besides one in mall?.........What kind of store would you like to see in Danville. Respond to savetheschools2@aol.com by January 20 and the ideas will be printed! Till next time…………