Team Recovery opens a thrift store in Springfield.

[strider]

Team Recovery, a small part of Barbara & Grace, Inc., is about to open their new thrift store on Main Street, Springfield!  Currently, the inventory is mostly clothing with a few things like DVD’s, Books and a few pieces of furniture mixed in.  The store will officially open this Saturday, August 15, 2009.

Store hours are going to be:

Monday thru Friday -  10:00 AM to 8:00 PM
Saturday  -  10:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Closed Sundays

Team Recovery Thrift Store
1728 Main Street.
Stop and say Hi to Tom, our store manager.

On street parking is, of course, available on Main even with the construction and we will soon have off street parking available just around the corner. 

All proceeds benefit Team Recovery, part of Barbara & Grace, Inc, a 501 (3) ( C) non-profit.  Barbara & Grace, Inc. provides transitional housing for men with substance abuse problems.  Through Team Recovery, we are able to offer educational and vocational opportunities.  In addition to the thrift store, Team Recovery operates a welding and metal shop that builds items like A/C cages and awnings.  Team Recovery also introduces these men to the sport of sailing and is currently building boats as part of its program.

Donations are always welcome. 

[zoo]

Yea, another junk shop. Thanks for your contribution to the community, Strider.

[strider]

Zoo, as you are a SPAR Council board member, and as their badly needed appointed marketing contributor (Per Louise DeSpain) , is this the official welcome to a new business that takes a chance and opens up on a devastated Main Street?  Way to go Zoo and SPAR Council!

Thrift stores, by the way, are not just “junk” stores.  Their expected clientele ranges from those that do truly need a bargain to the well off who just like to find that bargain.  Used furniture; some antique, some not, DVD’s and books, clothing; some designer, some not, and all sorts of collectables and such can all be found in a thrift store.  Some have fancier names, but in the end, most used clothing places and most antique stops are just thrift stores after all.

And, think about the fact that thrift stores are a great way to recycle.  Think Green and Thrift at the same time!

[stephElf]

Yea, another junk shop. Thanks for your contribution to the community, Strider.

One man's junk is another man's treasure.

[untarded]

Yea, another junk shop. Thanks for your contribution to the community, Strider.

 

So what commercial ventures are acceptable to SPAR?  

[Deuce]

[Captain Zissou]

Ummmm................ Deuce??  I can't stop laughing at that picture, but what on earth does it mean??? What side are you on?

[stephElf]

Ummmm................ Deuce??  I can't stop laughing at that picture, but what on earth does it mean??? What side are you on?

LOL same here

[Deuce]

It's in reply to the new thrift store/junk shop. It's a common image on social boards. If you do a google image search, you'll see that there are others.

I was going to write this big long response but I don't have time so this succinctly sums up my thoughts on the matter. I should have also posted this in the boarding house threads.

[fsu813]

so i assume that by NOT buying things from your store and going elsewhere to buy thrift store-type goods, then this would mean less revenue for you to keep supporting the many halfway/boarding houses in our neighborhood.

got it.

[ChriswUfGator]

Real nice welcome for a new biz there, guys...

Honestly, what do you all think Springfield is? Manalapan? Fisher Island? Brickell Key?

I'm just sure we'll see Saks and Lord & Taylor opening up on Main Street any day now, right? But in the meantime, someone just brought in new jobs and filled a vacant space. I can't believe the amount of hate for something that is improving your own neighborhood.

[Karl_Pilkington]

speaking of Manalapan have you seen this awesome home for sale by Frank McKinney, truly incredible.

http://www.frank-mckinney.com/acqua_liana.aspx

[untarded]

What do you want on Main Street?

[fsujax]

Why is it so bad for someone to want something better for Main St? I am a resident, I have invested all of my income into my house and yard, I have invested hard work, sweat and blood into cleaning my property and trying to add to the neighborhood. I for one would love to have something like a Walgreens or CVS without freaking bars, bullet proof glass or having to ask a worker to unlock the case so I can buy a stick of Axe deodorant. I don't think that is asking for too much is it?

[ChriswUfGator]

Fsujax, you have to generate some economic activity before anything like that will ever come...

But this means filling all the vacant buildings (with whatever you can get to go in there) first. After enough places get established and make money, then more will come, and it just builds on itself. Nobody wants to take the risk until they see someone else do it and make money. So you're never going to get anything, so long as most of the commercial property in the neighborhood is vacant or falling in on itself.

And I still don't see how a thrift store is somehow worse than a vacant space. Before, there was nothing. Now, there is something. It's a step forward.