Previously abandoned bank ATM lot poised for repurpose

  • Local masonry crews work to dismantle the abandoned drive-thru ATM structure on the corner of Highway 83 and Travis Street. Menard’s Parent-Teacher Organization (PTO) has purchased the lot. The dismantled rock will be repurposed into a digital sign structure for MISD. TMN photo.
    Local masonry crews work to dismantle the abandoned drive-thru ATM structure on the corner of Highway 83 and Travis Street. Menard’s Parent-Teacher Organization (PTO) has purchased the lot. The dismantled rock will be repurposed into a digital sign structure for MISD. TMN photo.

    If you have noticed some action the past few days along Highway 83 at the location of the former First State Bank drive-thru ATM, you are not alone. What you’re seeing is the beginning of what will be a digital sign for Menard ISD. The Menard Parent-Teacher Organization (PTO) has been saving money to purchase a digital sign for the school for several years. The hold-up has been securing a location…