Goodwill store under construction in Chatham

By Michelle Ownbey

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Land of Lincoln Goodwill Industries has a new store under construction in Chatham that is slated to open in November.

“This will be an easier shopping experience for everybody,” said Shelley Flynn Singleton, vice president of marketing, communications and fund development. “The Chatham community has been great to us, with lots of donations.”

Singleton said the 17,000-square-foot store at 135 Independence Boulevard with have an “open and modern floor plan,” with an easily accessible donation area on the east side of the building.

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Goodwill has store in Chatham under construction

Left, Wally Proenza, vice president of retail operations, with Angie Clark, vice president of health, safety, security and environment.

The site is just north of the current retail store in the Foxx Creek Plaza shopping center, where Goodwill has been located since 2010. While it previously included a coffee shop and a boutique, Singleton said the new store will be strictly retail, with boutique items scattered throughout the store, rather than displayed separately.

The new store will also be used to employ Goodwill’s clients. “We want to continue to support our mission, and one of our goals is to have more of our participants work in the retail store,” Singleton said. “Our whole premise is to put people to work at all different levels. We want to give clients an opportunity to work, be independent and feel good about what they’re doing.”