Do the small discount stores help or hurt communities?

As small discount stores proliferate across the state and country, some communities are taking a hard look at the economic and social impact of those businesses.

In February 2018, the Buhler City Council voted against rezoning an area across the street from the retirement community to allow for a Dollar General.

Mayor Daniel Friesen said he heard mostly negative feedback and a Dollar General didn’t fit into the future Buhler councilmembers envisioned, Hutchinson News reported.