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March 2013
The Homewood Star Volume 2 | Issue 12 | March 2013
neighborly news & entertainment for Homewood
The wait is over
Signing Day
Target grand opening set for March 10
Justin Hardy, above, was one of five Homewood High School athletes to sign to play at the collegiate level on National Signing Day, Feb. 6. Learn about all these students inside. Photo by Jeff Thompson.
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Adieu,
Lifeguard Mama
Target’s new store on Lakeshore Drive, slated to open March 10, will include both a Pizza Hut Express and Starbucks. Photo by Nathan Kelly.
New Target to offer extended grocery section and innovative parking design By NATHAN KELLY Homewood’s first Target will give shoppers a fresh taste of how a 21st century retail store should look. Customers will find that the 140,000-square-foot store will carry almost the same number of items as a Super Target. The store’s “PFresh” model includes a grocery area with a dry to fresh produce section that will feature
the top-selling items found in a Super Target. The number of aisles in the grocery section is larger than in a general Target, with extended shelves of up to 12 feet to fit more groceries. Grocery sections in PFresh Targets differ from those in Super Targets primarily because they do not include a deli or bakery, Homewood Store Team Leader Erin Seago said. The produce section is constructed in a U-shape with pre-weighed meats
on the left, dairy to the right and a variety of fruits and vegetables in the center of the U. The eating area for Pizza Hut Express or Starbucks will overlook the two-story glass atrium in the front of the store. To get from the parking level to the retail space, shoppers will be able to ride one of the two elevators or the escalator up to the store. On the way back to the car, shopping carts can ride
in the cart escalator, which locks carts in to secure groceries and purchased items, Seago said. One of the new displays in PFresh Target will be its baby department. Instead of cribs and changing tables displayed on top of shelves and out of reach, they will be in the center of the department at ground level to give shoppers a complete look
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200
$40 million
$600,000
square feet of space includes new restaurants
jobs projected to be added
in projected first-year revenue
in estimated annual tax revenue returned to the City
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140,000
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Athletic Coordinator Linda Sellers will bid Homewood Parks and Recreation goodbye when she retires this month, but not without to a party to celebrate. Read about her legacy in this issue.
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