KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – The Kelseyville Business Association will host a town hall next week to discuss an application for a new Dollar General in the town.
The meeting will take place at 7 p.m. Monday, May 18, at the Kelseyville Presbyterian Church Friendship Hall, Third and Church streets.
The association has called the meeting in order to facilitate a discussion about the anticipated impact of a Dollar General store on “the overall vision, infrastructure, character, and safety of the town of Kelseyville.”
Dollar General, a “small box” retailer based in Tennessee, earlier this year opened its first two stores in Lake County – in Nice and Clearlake Oaks – and is now applying for two more locations in Kelseyville and Middletown.
Cross Development, a Texas firm representing Dollar General, submitted the applications for major use permits and initial studies to the Lake County Community Development Department, as Lake County News has reported.
Dollar General is proposing to build the Kelseyville store at 4315 Douglas St. and 5505 Main St., directly across from Kelseyville High School. The land is owned by Bernard and Lynne Butcher, owners of the Tallman Hotel and Blue Wing Saloon in Upper Lake.
At the Monday meeting, the association will gather comments from the community to present at the Lake County Planning Commission's meeting on Thursday, May 28, when the Kelseyville store application is set for discussion.
The meeting will take place in the Board of Supervisors chambers on the first floor of the Lake County Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes St., Lakeport.
The item is scheduled for 9:45 a.m. that day, according to Michalyn DelValle, a senior planner who is processing the Dollar General applications.
She said the Middletown store application will not be discussed at that time.
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