Thrift Shop coming down

There’s not much left of the Mancos Thrift Store as it is torn down to make way for the Dollar Store.

Sam Green/Mancos Times

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There’s not much left of the Mancos Thrift Store as it is torn down to make way for the Dollar Store.

Sam Green/Mancos Times

The Mancos Thrift Shop started to come down last week. The buildings themselves were sold to local individuals, who are salvaging as much as they can to rebuild elsewhere. The Family Dollar Store has yet to finalize construction plans with the Town of Mancos.

Shannon Livick/Mancos Times

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The Mancos Thrift Shop started to come down last week. The buildings themselves were sold to local individuals, who are salvaging as much as they can to rebuild elsewhere. The Family Dollar Store has yet to finalize construction plans with the Town of Mancos.

Shannon Livick/Mancos Times

The Mancos Thrift Shop is coming down week to make room for a Family Dollar store.

Town Administrator Andrea Phillips said the building was sold to local salvagers unaffiliated with Family Dollar.

Phillips added that Family Dollar developers still need to finalize the plans for the store.

A town moratorium on big box stores expired in March 2014. Plans to open a Family Dollar on Willow Street were greeted by protesters at town board meetings. Several residents said the store sold junk and would hurt the economy.

A new store would be about half the size of a Walgreens, developers said. The company would be willing to decorate the building with faux stone to help it blend into the neighborhood and use muted sign lighting. A store would employ about nine to 11 people.