If you’re Goodwill hunting in Seattle, the pickings are about to get very lean. The famous thrift store chain is shuttering two of its Seattle locations, citing escalating theft, safety concerns, and rising rents. That’s a loss for lower-income residents of the area – and for people with various disabilities who Goodwill is known for employing. That’s not good for Goodwill, and it’s not good for Seattle:
Thrift shoppers will need to find a new location to score deals in Seattle, after Goodwill announced that it will be closing two locations due to “escalating theft, safety concerns” as well as “rising rents.”
Evergreen Goodwill of Northwest Washington announced the closures on Friday in a blog post, saying that the decision came after they were unable to “maintain a secure and sustainable environment for both employees and shoppers.”
“The announcement was made as escalating theft,…
