re: Buccees in Ruston

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Ruston has a little land west of Ruston, but not 80 acres worth. That's my biggest question about all of this is how that is going to work

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Go to google earth and look across Tarbutton from the middle school. 57 acres are already cleared and they need to buy another 23. If I was an adjoining landowner, I’d sell the additional 23 at a premium in a heartbeat.

ETA: I just checked the Lincoln Parish GIS map and that 57 acres and the adjoining 17 have been annexed into the city limits already. So Ruston does have the NW section of the exit already in their boundaries

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Ruston is one of the biggest shite stains in Louisiana

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no, you're thinking of Lake Providence

Technically it’s less than a mile off of I20 to the north, but actually it’s on Farmerville Hwy.

It’s not a truck stop. As a matter of fact, big trucks are not allowed anywhere on the property.

Good for that area, the placement makes perfect sense off 20 between the Terrell and the Leeds, AL location. The economic impact of Buc-ee's on an area is well into the 9 figures annually, not to mention the area around them quickly being bought up for expansion for additional shopping and dining options. It's good to see Ronny continuing his positive impact on the area since he took office, between that and the expansion and development on LTU's campus, Ruston is quickly becoming an economic driver much needed with some of the flight and loss of jobs sustained in SBC and Monroe over the past decade.

It's just a gas station, but the economic impact that it gives is much needed in that part of the state with much of the economic news in that area from pulp wood prices to "Lumen" consolidations being negative recently.

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That’s the best option for sure. The school board would make a considerable windfall from the sale as that whole area is about to explode.

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I've not seen Buccees create development near them. It's a one stop kind of place and their business plan puts them just outside cities or towns where it will be an easy on and off the interstate. I'm trying, but I can't think of lots of developments that jumped up around a Buccees.

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I've not seen Buccees create development near them. It's a one stop kind of place and their business plan puts them just outside cities or towns where it will be an easy on and off the interstate. I'm trying, but I can't think of lots of developments that jumped up around a Buccees.

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6-8 years ago the Buccees in Terral TX was about the only thing on that exit. Now there is like 3 hotels, a Lowes, a movie theater, a Longhorn Steakhouse, a Chick Fil A, a Whataburger, a Starbucks, a Canes, a Freddy's Burgers, and even more than that with new buildings still being built.

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Ruston is one of the biggest shite stains in Louisiana

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I see someone has never spent much time in Louisiana.

Elizabethwon, Denton, and Baytown have all seen additional developments popup once Buc-ees opened as well. Not to the extent of what happened in Terrel, but I'd say the majority of the ones I've been to all have had additional commercial spaces open up to grab some of the extra traffic now utilizing that exit. Spots that may have been looking to open along I-20, or franchise owners in adjacent areas with older spaces will look to the area. Though I did pass through Ruston during the holidays and that may be limited with the new spaces already coming up down the I-20 corridor there from Exit 84 down to the Farmerville Hwy exit. Anyone that may have been looking for expansion along that section of I-20 now has an exit they know will experience high traffic.

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Until you realize there isn't shite to do there unless you are a college student. Have to drive to Monroe/Shreveport to eat at a good restaurant.

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