Former Colonial/Big Star: Forsyth Georgia
Posted: 06 Jun 2006 12:49
Forsyth, Georgia is 25 miles north of Macon and 60 miles south of Atlanta.
This is a former Colonial/Big Star on E. Main Street (US-41) in the town of Forsyth. It is one block from the Monroe County courthouse.
It was a fitness club for a while and the building is currently vacant. The cars parked outside are from the auto repair shop that is across the street.
This Colonial opened in the 1950's and competed with a Piggly Wiggly (PW southern before Bruno's buyout) and closed in the 1980's as Big Star.
Piggly Wiggly (around the corner) closed in the late 1990's and remained vacant. That store was opened by Freshway Market in 2005. Ingles opened a new store in the mid 1990's. The towns of Gray and Forsyth, Georgia are the furthest South of any stores in the Ingle's chain which is based in Ashville NC.
There was an independant "red and white" grocery store a block from the Colonial/Big star that later operated as a Piggly Wiggly franchise but closed in 2005 before Freshway Market took over the old PW building.
Freshway Market, Forsyth Georgia (Former Piggly Wiggly Southern)
Residents of Monroe county often shop in the cities where they work for lower prices. Many commute to Macon and shop at Kroger or Wal-Mart.
Forsyth does have a Wal-Mart....(Remember when Wallyworld was a very little place?)
Neither the town or county commission is willing to approve ANY huge shopping in the area including Wal-Mart. They love to maintain their small town atmosphere.
This is a former Colonial/Big Star on E. Main Street (US-41) in the town of Forsyth. It is one block from the Monroe County courthouse.
It was a fitness club for a while and the building is currently vacant. The cars parked outside are from the auto repair shop that is across the street.
This Colonial opened in the 1950's and competed with a Piggly Wiggly (PW southern before Bruno's buyout) and closed in the 1980's as Big Star.
Piggly Wiggly (around the corner) closed in the late 1990's and remained vacant. That store was opened by Freshway Market in 2005. Ingles opened a new store in the mid 1990's. The towns of Gray and Forsyth, Georgia are the furthest South of any stores in the Ingle's chain which is based in Ashville NC.
There was an independant "red and white" grocery store a block from the Colonial/Big star that later operated as a Piggly Wiggly franchise but closed in 2005 before Freshway Market took over the old PW building.
Freshway Market, Forsyth Georgia (Former Piggly Wiggly Southern)
Residents of Monroe county often shop in the cities where they work for lower prices. Many commute to Macon and shop at Kroger or Wal-Mart.
Forsyth does have a Wal-Mart....(Remember when Wallyworld was a very little place?)
Neither the town or county commission is willing to approve ANY huge shopping in the area including Wal-Mart. They love to maintain their small town atmosphere.