Goodwill to Reopen Flagship Store in Pittsfield at Allendale Shopping Center
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Goodwill Industries of the Berkshires and Southern Vermont will hold a grand reopening of its flagship store on Saturday, July 16, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. at 5 Cheshire Rd. in the Allendale Shopping Center.
Goodwill’s current Pittsfield store, located at 457 Dalton Ave, will close in the coming week. The nonprofit’s retail store and donation center in Allendale is more than double the size of the previous store, which opened in 2013.
Salesfloor space has been increased from 2,000 square feet to 9,500 square feet in the new store, and the back room, where donations are processed for sale, has been increased from 800 square feet to 9,500 square feet. The new store also offers customers large dressing rooms, LED lighting, piped-in music and increased amount of merchandise and services.
The public is invited to attend the opening events, which will include a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 11 a.m.; a remote broadcast with on-air talent from Live 95.9 (WBEC-FM) from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.; a food truck with barbeque from Smokey Divas from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., and a step dance performance by Youth Alive at 11:30 a.m. Door prizes, including gift certificates to local restaurants, shops, a fitness center, and scuba diving lessons, will be called and presented once an hour, from 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Between 9 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., the first 650 customers who buy merchandise at the new Goodwill store will be given a $5 voucher toward a lunch purchase at the Smokey Divas food truck, courtesy of donations from Canna Provisions, based in Lee, and an anonymous donor.
Roberta McCulloch-Dews, director of administrative services within the office of the mayor and public information officer for the city of Pittsfield, will represent the mayor’s office at the ribbon cutting.
According to Project Manager Maryam Kamangar, the additional processing space will increase the organization’s production capacity, allowing employees to bring a greater amount of merchandise from the donations area to the sales floor within 24 hours of receiving donated items selected for sale.
Goodwill has hired six new employees to work at its Allendale location and plans to add six supported employees from the Department of Developmental Services, along with a supervisor and two job coaches, as part of its mission services program.
“We hope to provide even more opportunities here for supported employees during the coming year,” said Kathy Anker, vice president of mission services.
The store will be open Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. For more information, see goodwill-berkshires.org or call 413.442.0061.
Tags: Goodwill,
