 The Baxter City Council has approved the plans for the new businesses off of Edgewood Drive. Sarah Winkelman spoke with the development director to get the latest on the new concept store and other plans. For those who frequent Edgewood Drive, it is clear that change is on the way, but up until now it has been unclear what changes can be expected. Aspen Dental and Caribou Coffee will be housed in the newest building on Edgewood Drive. But as for the lot next to it, the development director wants to put to rest any rumors of a new building. There are parking lot modifications because Camping World being part of the application includes outdoor display of recreational vehicles. Those RVs from Camping World will be displayed in what is now the empty lot. The original Gander Mountain building will not change much on the outside except for some new paint, but the inside will be transformed into a new concept store including Gander Mountain, Overtons and Camping World. We're excited that they were interested in Baxter, you know and so the fact that they were interested in in our market to locate their new concept store is certainly exciting. It's a change that will be of great benefit to the community. Not only from a retail standpoint, but also from a tax-based standpoint as you know we were looking at the alternative of having an empty building and now a building that was only partially occupied is going to be fully occupied and with retail opportunities that didn't exist eight months ago. The project has no official start date at this time, but they could begin as early as spring of 2018. The entire process isn't expected to last too long, but with a large emphasis on pedestrian safety there will be additional construction. There's a great deal of improvements that will be made as part of this site that would include sidewalks that would connect pedestrians all the way from Clearwater Road through this development site all the way down to Cub Foods and Excelsior Road and then also from the Gander Mountain Building back towards Edgewood Drive as well. The community of Baxter will soon see the change from an old store to a new shopping experience. Reporting in Baxter, Sarah Winkelman, Lakeland News. Aspen Dental is planning to open next week with Caribou Coffee opening just a short while later. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.