Comments on: Business, Community Leaders Discuss Growth Strategies For Century

By: concerned

concerned — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 17:03:16 +0000

We have had so many disappointments the last few years it is hard to get our hopes up again. I do believe if the mill gets going and brings in jobs, we will start seeing a difference in businesses coming in. It is sad we lost our hospital and schools, but okay let’s try again and maybe this one time we will succeed in going forward…..

By: ProudArmyParent

ProudArmyParent — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 14:29:34 +0000

Century needs another grocery! The “Ex-Pig” now Food Giant needs competition. Prices are way too high, and variety and quality stinks. I’d love to see a real Super Market move into town so I could stop having to run to Atmore to food shop!

By: Kay

Kay — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 14:10:28 +0000

I’m very sorry I said you looked poor and run down and I know you
all want multi -million dollar businesses, but sometimes you have
to learn to walk before you can run.

By: Kay

Kay — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 14:07:16 +0000

The last time I drove through all I remember is it just looked run down and poor.
Has anyone noticed the Island colored car lot on Palafox just after you pass
Walmart? Those were the nicest paint jobs I have seen since my last trip to
the islands.

Why don’t you try to get your business district on the main drag cleaned up
and get business owners to paint that way.

Then round up some carnivals, car shows, street vendors and whatever
and just make it a happening place to be on weekends for people AND
their children. If you get people from all over the place coming maybe
you will rent some shops and who knows what will happen. Generate some
excitement if you get enough small businesses and the big ones will come.

IF YOU BUILD IT THEY WILL COME

By: on the listening line

on the listening line — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 13:49:39 +0000

to Scott Lowery
The property you are refering to on highway 4 near the railroad tracks to the best of my recollections many years ago it was a Lumber yard and in about 1957 or 58 the Century Gas Company originally owned by Mr Paul Jones, located there with office and tank yard and was purchased and operated by Mr Herman Gorum and his family until about 1968 and was sold and moved. After that Mrs Margreta Harold of Brewton opened a Restraunt called Babos and also had a a business connected to the oil drilling business in the area. Since that time it has been mostly an eye sore. So happy to see that some recent cleaning up has been done to the property. I think it would also be a good place for a Strip mall with a large grocery anchor store in it. I’m not a big fan of Walmart but they will do.

By: Scott Lowery

Scott Lowery — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 12:21:17 +0000

I heard through the grape vine that Waffle House was considering buying the property where Mr. Allen’s BBQ restaurant was. It would be nice if a Wal-Mart Distribution center would come in and buy up the 22 acres off hwy-4 just before you get to the railroad tracks in century. I can’t think of what it previously was at the moment though