Transportation Boulevard Grand Opening
The Goodwill Industries Garfield Heights retail store will open at its new location on Friday, August 19 at 9am. The new store will be located at 5774 Transportation Boulevard in the Highland Park shopping plaza with Giant Eagle.
Donations are currently being accepted at this location from 8am – 4:30pm Monday through Friday.
The new location boasts expanded retail space and a redesigned jewelry and accessories section.
“This new store is one of our largest retail stores in our region,” commented Vice President of Donate Goods Bryant Taylor. “Customers will be blown away by the size of the store and the variety of products they can find. Expansions like this of our retail business provides much needed funds to help us expand our impact for our mission.”
A ribbon cutting ceremony will open the store at 9am on August 19 with the first 100 customers greeted receiving a free prize (no purchase necessary).
Sales generated from this, and other area stores, help fund 28 different local outreach programs. The local Goodwill Industries provides job training and placement for people with disabilities and other barriers to employment, family strengthening programs, rapes crisis services and more. Goodwill Industries of Greater Cleveland and East Central Ohio, which operates this store, serves 10 counties throughout Ohio and West Virginia.