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Nonprofit Expanding Shopping and Employment Services to Decatur
Decatur – Goodwill of North Georgia will soon expand its footprint. The
organization is building a store and career center in Decatur. Goodwill
will break ground on the site Wednesday, November 19 at 10:00 am.
Located at 2201 Lawrenceville Highway, the facility will be built in
phases with the store opening first followed by the career center. Its
support teams – finance, human resources, information technology and
marketing – will also have offices on the property.
“We believe our presence will breathe new life into the community. Not
only will our store draw shoppers and donors, but our two-story career
center will allow us to serve a large number of job seekers,” says
Director of Public Relations Elaine Armstrong.
The existing businesses in the North DeKalb Square shopping center will
remain open during the construction of Goodwill’s 103,000 square foot
facility. The adjacent space where Goodwill will build has been vacant
for some time.
Opening a new location also means creating new jobs where they
previously did not exist. “With each store we open, we create about 40
jobs,” says Armstrong. The career center will be Goodwill’s third in the
county. “Our existing career centers on Columbia Drive and Buford
Highway will continue to be a valuable resource to those looking for
work, and the new center will allow us to be more convenient to people
in another part of the county.”
Goodwill provides a variety of
job training programs and
employment services.
It uses the sale of donated goods to fund those activities. This year,
the nonprofit plans to help 16,500 North Georgians find work.
