Dollar General opens in State College, will donate books to nearby school to commemorate

Dollar General has opened a new location in Ferguson Township, the Tennessee-based company said Tuesday.

The store at 3283 W. College Ave. from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. seven days a week. Dollar General sells essential household items such as food, cleaning supplies, hygiene products and baby products. The State College store also features the company’s line of home decor and a large selection of party planing supplies.

“At Dollar General, we believe the addition of each new store provides positive economic growth for the communities we proudly serve, and the addition of our new State College store highlights our commitment to deliver a pleasant shopping experience that includes great prices on quality products in a convenient location,” Matthew Simonsen, Dollar General’s senior vice president of real estate and store development, said in a news release. “We look forward to welcoming customers to our new store and hope they will enjoy shopping at our new location.”

The new store is expected to employ between six and 10 people, the company said. Dollar General will mark the store’s opening by donating 100 new books to a nearby elementary school. The company plans to donate more than 60,000 books in partnership with the Kellogg Co. to celebrate new store openings this fiscal year. Additionally, schools, nonprofits and libraries within a 15-mile radius of the new store are now eligible to apply for Dollar General Literacy Foundation grants. Since 1993, the foundation has awarded more than $219 million in grants to help recipients with literacy or education.

Last summer, a Dollar General spokesperson said the company was “finalizing our due diligence phase” for a new State College store along West College Avenue.