Arcola grocery given loan, will begin remodeling

ARCOLA – Arcola Foods Inc. now has a green light to start remodeling the old IGA building into a new grocery store. The town has been without a grocery store since early 2007, when the Arcola IGA closed.

The city has agreed to a $140,000 loan to the owners of Arcola Foods Inc., brothers Mark and Brian Maggio, to get the store up and running.

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