MADISONVILLE-After languishing for five years, is there light at the end of the tunnel for the proposed Food City store in Vonore?

Monroe County Economic Development Director Shan Harris and County Attorney Jerome Melson gave an update on the project during Tuesday's County Commission meeting.

They said after delays due to the economy's slowdown and efforts to get a second entrance on Highway 411, Food City is ready to move forward if the county and Vonore will give them some financial help on the unexpected $125,000 cost of putting in a red light at the second entrance.

"They want to start this fall and complete sometime in the spring," Harris said of the store.

Food City has asked that the county and Vonore help them with the cost of the red light through a property tax abatement or some other means.

See full story in the Sunday, Oct. 28, edition of The Advocate & Democrat.