Lowe's now knows Granite City; Imo's moves over in Troy

Excellent - it is about time Granite City got a big box hardware store. Hopefully that will encourage other stores to come to the area and the people will not have to leave the area to shop.

We don't have to go out of town to shop! The stores are here no one ever thinks of them. We already have Ace, Pace, RP and Dons. Between the three I can get anything I need for any project I would ever want to do. They can order any hardware you want if they don't carry it. Frankly yes, it will cost a little more, but it's not much. To me keeping my neighbors employed in decent jobs so they can spend their money here too and generate tax revenue for us is the important thing. I never break my budget doing this, I do add a little extra when I start saving for a project but like I said it isn't that much extra in the grand scheme of things