By Annabeth Miiler,
ShowMe Times Editor

Crews are moving dirt and starting construction of a new business at one of the busiest intersections in Dexter.

Construction has begun on the new USA Drug at the northwest corner of One Mile Road and Business 114 in town. Construction crews will continue work throughout the summer and fall, with an anticipated opening date sometime in mid-or late November 2011.

The new store will be on a 2.2-acre site and have 15 thousand square feet, said Gain Robinson, vice president for real estate for USA Drug Stores in Little Rock, Ark.

“We will combine Overturf and David’s Pharmacy into this the new location,” Robinson said. A similar USA Drug is being built in Malden.

“The new store will offer a larger selection of items - and will include snacks, household goods and other items as well as cosmetic and health care needs,” he said. “The new store will also have a double-lane drive-through pharmacy window.”

Robinson said the store would be staffed by familiar faces.

“The staff at both locations (Overturf’s and David’s Pharmacy) will be at the new location,” he said. “We are not doing away with anyone – we are combining both staffs at the new store.”

Robinson said that combining the stores was advantageous for the company, since it already owns the two existing stores.

“This just makes financial sense,” he comments.

Robinson said the general contractor is Staley Construction out of Little Rock and the project is being financed by Montgomery Bank.

In 1984, the first USA Drug store opened in Pine Bluff, Ark. Over the past 20 years, the USA Drug family, which includes USA Drug, Super D Drugs, May's Drug Stores, Drug Warehouse, and Med-X Drugs has grown to more than 150 stores with retail outlets in Oklahoma, Tennessee, Mississippi, Missouri, Kansas, and Arkansas.

USA Drug pharmacies were designed to handle large numbers of customers while providing a down-home, friendly atmosphere. USA Drug strives to maintain a continuously evolving retail format to better provide our customers the best products and services at the lowest prices.

Photos Above: Top photo - A USA Drug store of the same design that will open in Dexter this November( photo courtesy USA Drug); Bottom photo - Construction workers are busy at the site of the future USA Drug at the corner of Business 114 and One Mile Road in Dexter. (SMT photo by Annabeth Miller)