Krystal to rebuild in tornado-damaged Georgia town

Story Created: Jan 8, 2013 at 3:50 PM EST

Story Updated: Jan 8, 2013 at 3:50 PM EST

The Krystal restaurant chain has announced plans to rebuild its tornado-ravaged location in Ringgold.

RINGGOLD, Ga. (AP) - The Krystal restaurant chain has announced plans to rebuild its tornado-ravaged location in Ringgold.

The Chattanooga-based restaurant chain had boarded up its Ringgold restaurant after it was struck in 2011 by a twister that tore through the town's business district.

The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports that a $32 million state road project would have prevented the restaurant from reopening since that would have blocked off Krystal's parking lot entrance.

Local officials including state Sen. Jeff Mullis, a Chickamauga Republican, intervened and negotiating with state officials for ways to save Krystal and several other nearby businesses.

Ringgold was hard-hit by an outbreak of powerful storms and tornadoes that tore across the South on April 27, 2011.

___

Information from: Chattanooga Times Free Press, http://www.timesfreepress.com

Source: http://www.newscentralga.com/weather/blog/Krystal-to-rebuild-in-tornado-damaged-Georgia-town-186069812.html

meryl streep martin scorsese sacha baron cohen best picture nominees 2012 academy awards 2012 albert nobbs a star is born