Gone are the days of the Stocksdale Dollarettes, a travel softball team shown here, but Union County is still listed as the fastest growing county in the State of Ohio.
When many think of growth, fixing up older buildings usually doesn’t come to mind. But on the south side of town there are two projects that are in the process of renovating existing buildings that we think will help balance that portion of town against the growth spurts on the east and north sides.
The Memorial Health 2020 project along with the Eagles acquisition of the Community Market property will refresh the older sites and likely help the city’s overall plan for future growth.
Some may remember that Community Markets was formerly known as Stocksdale’s, named after owner Ezra Stocksdale. He built the grocery store on Milford Avenue in 1958 and added the plaza in 1962.
Stocksdale’s was known for being locally owned and giving young people a way to earn money. I remember my dad even talking about one of his first jobs was as a carryout boy for Mr. Stocksdale.
The grocery became a staple on the south side of town, along with Memorial, and a community partner, even a sponsor of the Stocksdale Dollarettes.
With the Eagles investment in the old shopping center and Memorial Health’s plans to redo the hospital campus, we think this can lower people’s blood pressure when they know “Orange Barrel Season” is upon us.
Having community partners like this will ensure pieces of Marysville’s past survive into the future.