Louis Amestoy
Herald-Banner
Mar 31, 2021
There is no better way to stir up water cooler conversation than the simple question: Which grocery store or steakhouse do you want to come to Greenville?Â
Thatâs exactly what happened on Tuesday when the Greenville Herald-Banner asked a variation of that question via the newspaperâs Facebook page and got a torrent of responses from hundreds of people. The question was simple: When it comes to business here in Greenville, we are missing what?Â
Call it a pent-up demand for groceries and steak but it was more of a flood of response. In all, the simple question garnered more than 10,000 interactions via Facebook and the post reached more than 17,000 people. We combed through more than 380 of the 1,000 answers to find that our readers listed 68 specific businesses they wanted to come to Greenville. Some also longed for businesses that failed here to return.Â
UPDATE: Assistance sought for family displaced by Thursday night fire
Greenville Herald-Banner (TX)
Feb. 26 Donations are being accepted for a
Hunt County family who lost their home in a Thursday night fire which was believed to have been started by a lightning stoke.
Kate Olsen-Danhounsrou organized a GoFundMe page for her brother Bryce and his family, who had to deal with the fire after having survived last week s winter storm and having moved into the house on
Country Oak Lane just over three weeks earlier. Last night, they were fortunate to have made it out of the home, and no one was injured, Olsen-Danhounsrou said. Their sweet 7-year-old grabbed his baby sister out of her pack and play and ran out of the house. He said Mom, please don t be mad I left my (Nintendo) switch and grabbed sissy instead. Although their insurance will likely cover most things, this is a devastating loss.