Hundreds greet opening of Cheney Grocery Outlet - The year in review - top 10

CHENEY — The excitement began almost before Emeryville California-based Grocery Outlet filed paperwork to build a 16,456-square foot new store in Cheney.

In late March, Grocery Outlet proposed combining two separate parcels along North 1st Street as the site for the store. The proposal received the City Council’s blessing, and after awarding an easement along North 1st Street for utilities, work began on the new grocery store in the summer.

That work went fast, with site preparation closely followed in early fall by the building “going vertical” with construction of the structure itself. About...