{"id":430049,"date":"2026-09-08T23:30:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T23:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/430049\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T23:30:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T23:30:11","slug":"dollar-general-la-michoacana-closer-to-coming-to-london-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/430049\/","title":{"rendered":"Dollar General, La Michoacana closer to coming to London area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A path has been initially cleared for new development to grow the London area by another two businesses: a popular discount retail store and a drive-thru, walk-up restaurant.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Corpus Christi City Council on Sept. 8 voted 8-1 to annex and rezone the two properties \u2014 currently categorized as farm-rural \u2014 representing some of the early steps in the process to bring plans to fruition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Mayor Paulette Guajardo, who had been unable to participate in city-related business during a 30-day suspension, abstained.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">More development: <a data-ylk=\"slk:New sports store may take the spot of the old Macy&#039;s at La Palmera;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.caller.com\/story\/news\/local\/2026\/09\/04\/corpus-christi-la-palmera-macys-store-dicks-house-of-sport\/91614436007\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">New sports store may take the spot of the old Macy&#8217;s at La Palmera<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The council&#8217;s vote sets the table for a proposed Dollar General location and a new fast-food restaurant, La Michoacana.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">If plans move forward as proposed, an 8,500-square-foot Dollar General would be constructed on a property bounded by Farm-to-Market 43, County Road 47 and State Highway 286.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">La Michoacana is proposed to be built on property at the corner of County Road 47 and Farm-to-Market 43.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A second and final vote is expected for the upcoming weeks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Kirsten Crow covers city government and water news. Have a story idea? Contact her at kirsten.crow@caller.com.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This article originally appeared on Corpus Christi Caller Times: <a data-ylk=\"slk:Dollar General, La Michoacana closer to coming to London area;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.caller.com\/story\/money\/business\/local\/2026\/09\/08\/corpus-christi-new-dollar-general-la-michoacana-in-london\/91650402007\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Dollar General, La Michoacana closer to coming to London area<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A path has been initially cleared for new development to grow the London area by another two businesses:&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":430050,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[155,2950,157,156,104547,149358,2954],"class_list":["post-430049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi-city-council","tag-corpus-christi-headlines","tag-corpus-christi-news","tag-dollar-general","tag-la-michoacana","tag-paulette-guajardo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=430049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430049\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/430050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}