River Drive (KY 52) between Irvine and Ravenna now only has one gasoline station! In the 1990s, there were 2 food marts along River Drive. Now there are none. The old Fuel Zone lots sits empty. Ownership has changed but it is doubtful if the new owners will build anything on this lot at the intersection of River Drive and Kirkland Avenue.
During the 1980s and 1990s, young people loved to cruise up and down River Drive..about the only entertainment in Estill County at the time. Now with gasoline nearly $ 4.00, cruising River Drive is very expensive.
During the 1980s and into the 21st century, Foodtown/Shopwize/IGA had a grocery store on River Drive and Madison Avenue in the Meade building. Now Meades Do It Center has moved their hardware store into the former grocery store location.
River Drive could sure use a grocery store or food mart. Yet environmental rules make having a gasoline station a very cosly venture.
I wished property owners in Estill County could touch bases with an out of town company that could build a food mart. Few local people have the resources to start a grocery store. A Thorntons or 7 11 would create several jobs.
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