Publix grocery store, new retail development coming to Scottsboro A new retail development is underway in Scottsboro By Stefante Randall | March 3, 2021 at 7:52 PM CST - Updated March 3 at 7:53 PM SCOTTSBORO, Ala. (WAFF) - A new shopping development is coming to Scottsboro and will include a highly anticipated Publix grocery store. Dozens of city leaders and community members came out to the Scottsboro Board of Education’s Page Auditorium on Wednesday to hear about the new retail development. Scottsboro Mayor Jim McCamy was present, including White Development Company. President Jim White said the new development has been in the works for six years now.