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New Ace Hardware franchises are popping up throughout the couniry.

Managing partner Doug Brown unveiled a new store Oct. 5 in Greensboro, N.C.

Joe and Cindy Smith are opening their 6th location, in Vineland, N.J.

Wayne and Peg Winckler will open 8,000-sq. ft. store early next month in Tyndall, S.D.

And a new location is planned for Creve Coeur (St. Louis), Mo,

Bill's True Value, Lisbon, oh., is closing after 18 years, with the retirement of owners Bill and Helen Homan.

Welch's True Value Hardware, S. Royalton, Vt., has added 8,000 sq. ft. to its sales floor.

Menards' conshuction of a new 262,000-sq. ft. store in Bemidji, Mn., is on track for a late February opening.

Habitat for Humanity opened a new 15,000-sq. ft. ReSfoI€ discount LBM outlet Oct. 1 in Zephyrhills, Fl., and relocated its New Port Richey, Fl., unit to a larger, 12,500-sq. facility featuring an 800-sq. ft. Green Market.