Reader: Goodwill hunting for Cherry Creek shoppers a stupid idea

Goodwill Industries of Denver is opening two new stores this spring -- one a major store in Longmont, which will hold a job fair to fill thirty positions starting tomorrow. Good idea. But that boutique store in Cherry Creek? Says Rockdove: Stupid idea.I can't even believe that they don't get...

By Patricia Calhoun

February 1, 2012

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Goodwill Industries of Denver is opening two new stores this spring -- one a major store in Longmont, which will hold a job fair to fill thirty positions starting tomorrow. Good idea.

But that boutique store in Cherry Creek?

Says Rockdove:

Stupid idea.I can't even believe that they don't get why.

Says Jenn:

I hope they train them well, because I found an obviously fake (and kinda beat up-looking) Prada clutch in the case at the one on Broadway for $100, and at the same store I found (and purchased) a not fake Kate Spade handbag in mint condition for $6....

The Cherry Creek store, going into the former Homer Reed space at 303 Josephine, will be called Deja Blue; it's scheduled to open on Saturday, March 17.

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Patricia Calhoun is editor-in-chief of Westword, the alt-weekly she co-founded in September 1977. She’s been inducted into the Colorado Press Association Hall of Fame, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia Hall of Fame and the Colorado Restaurant Association Hall of Fame. She’s also received dozens of local, state and national awards for writing, including first place for feature writing and first place for column writing with the Society of Professional Journalists. Patricia is a weekly commentator on Colorado Inside Out, PBS 12's public affairs roundtable, which has won two Emmys.

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