KFC Coming PDQ

Gathered around the excavator set to bring down the old PNC/Motorama Auto Center the following morning, stakeholders gather recently to celebrate a ceremonial groundbreaking for a new Kentucky Fried Chicken set to go up at the 46 Putnam Plaza location. Those gathered for the event include (from left) Karen Evans; Will DeWees of DeWees Construction; Putnam County Chief Deputy Matt Demmings; Dave Pearson, Bill DeWees and Dennis Haynes of DeWees Construction; City Building Commissioner Pat Thibodeaux; Leeor Ben-Moshe of InvestSquared-www.BuildToSuits.com; City Planner Scott Zimmerman; Chamber of Commerce Director Brian Cox; John O’Hair of First National Bank; Sheriff Scott Stockton; KFC franchisee Doug Knipp; Greencastle Fire Chief John Burgess; Gary Neese of First National Bank; KFC Operations Partner Melissa Knipp; Andrew O’Hair of HBG Insurance; Tracy Bridges of Collins Evans Real Estate and Joe Spiker and Jill Spiker of Spiker Excavating. Developers hope to have the new KFC, which has no association with the out-of-business franchise on Bloomington Street, open before the end of December.