Several other businesses moved out months ago. Sew Hut, Cash 4 Less and Discount Pool Supplies relocated to Clairemont Mesa Boulevard, signs posted in their vacant storefronts said Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n
Goodwill is searching for space in Clairemont to replace the site in the Garfield Shopping Center,\u00a0said Darlene Cossio, the director of marketing for Goodwill San Diego. Meanwhile, a new Goodwill will open soon in University City, the nonprofit added.<\/p>\n
With days to go, shoppers came out to both Goodwill and Bridge Thrift for one last hunt for goodies \u2014 at clearance prices. Some of the offerings at Goodwill: $5 leather shoes by Vince, an unlabeled smocked little girl\u2019s dress in what looked like green shantung silk for $4, a \u201cWaffle WOW!\u201d machine for $4 and a hefty dart board for $2.50. These prices reflect the discount. Everything in the store is half off through its last day.<\/p>\n
It was Paul D\u2019Agostino\u2019s first visit. He lives in University Heights and usually goes to the shops downtown and in North Park. The store\u2019s closure doesn\u2019t hurt deeply, especially because it\u2019s just one of many Goodwills. If they were all closing, that would be a different story, he said. Still, he added, the store\u2019s absence will leave a mark on the community, because of who Goodwill serves.<\/p>\n
\u201cGoodwill is interesting, because it does connect all demographics. There\u2019s people that come here for need. There\u2019s people that come here for desire. So something that\u2019s a little more egalitarian like that would be nice, but who knows,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He left with a special find: a Cleveland baseball shirt. \u201cThis is hilarious to me,\u201d D\u2019Agostino, 46, said. Hilarious, because he is from Cleveland and the shirt with a bright C popped up on a San Diego thrift shop rack. \u201cJust to find this here, I was like, sure, why not.\u201d<\/p>\n
A few aisles down, in homewares, Stephanie Driscoll, 34, was picking up a platter for Thanksgiving and a stoneware jug.<\/p>\n
\u201cSomeone probably hand-made it,\u201d she reflected.<\/p>\n
Usually, she shops to resell on Facebook Marketplace, but these items were for her. She has visited this Goodwill three times a month for the past six years or so, more recently driving 20 minutes from National City after moving out of this neighborhood.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel like a lot of places that are small are closing in San Diego,\u201d Driscoll said. \u201cIt\u2019s sad to see it go. I think a lot of people loved this one, and the one next door.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cossio said Goodwill wanted to stay and was told by the new owner that the property is earmarked for housing.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are actively looking for a new location. We have not had any luck yet,\u201d she said. \u201cThe community has really supported this location, and we\u2019re very sad to be closing.\u201d Goodwill is receptive to tips for vacant retail spaces in Clairemont, she added.<\/p>\n
A new Goodwill is heading to University City, in the space once occupied by Rite Aid. That will open before the end of 2026, Cossio said. A new donation center at a YMCA facility will open Tuesday\u00a0at 3401 Clairemont Drive.<\/p>\n
Also next week, Clairemont Liquor plans to close at 3949 Clairemont Drive and reopen across the street, at 4225 Balboa Ave. on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The family business has been in Clairemont since 2002 and at the Clairemont Drive location since 2015, the owner\u2019s son, Dwan Khairo, said.<\/p>\n
He is glad to be staying in the neighborhood. The move is disruptive, but it\u2019s also a new beginning. \u201cWe\u2019ll make the best out of it there, and hope to see everyone come through,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
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Bridge Thrift is closing in Clairemont. Its other locations are on Garnet Avenue and in Spring Valley. (Roxana Popescu \/ The San Diego Union-Tribune)<\/p>\n
At Bridge Thrift, signs posted the discount timeline through its closure on Sunday. Items are half off through Friday, and 75% off through Sunday. Another Bridge Thrift opened last year in Pacific Beach, at 1772 Garnet Ave.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve been shopping with them for a long time, and I\u2019m happy that they opened one in PB,\u201d said Julianne Moss, 35, who lives in Pacific Beach. She had Christmas decorations in her cart. \u201cSo I don\u2019t have to go too far.\u201d<\/p>\n
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