Wal-Mart breaks ground for Tawas City store

I spotted the work last night on the way home. Here's the news as reported in the Bay City Times

Earth-moving equipment is breaking ground to prepare for construction of a new Wal-Mart store in a field overlooking Tawas Bay. If all goes well, Tawas City Manager Perry M. Franzoi said the discount retail giant will open for business in town in April 2005.

Site preparation is under way on the 23-acre parcel purchased by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. from the Detroit and Mackinac Railway Co. The property faces US-23, between the Tawas St. Joseph Hospital campus and the D&M's old round house.

Looks like the round-house stays. Here's hoping Tawas can retain it somehow as a historcial building.