Habitat for Humanity opens Simpsonville ReStore
October 30, 2013
SIMPSONVILLE, SC – October 30, 2013 – Habitat for Humanity of Greenville County has added its first ReStore in the Golden Strip community.
Habitat Greenville and City of Simpsonville officials opened the 12,000 square foot store at 10017 Pelham Pointe in Simpsonville with a ribbon cutting Wednesday morning. This is Habitat for Humanity’s third store in Greenville County making it one of a handful of Habitat affiliates nationwide with that many stores.
Habitat’s ReStores support the mission of Habitat Greenville through the sales of donated building materials and household items. Donations to the ReStores help enable Habitat Greenville to increase the number of homes constructed each year; reduce the amount of usable items that are deposited into landfills and provide building materials and household items to the general public at discounted prices.
The ReStore has good merchandise, most of it recycled so that people can purchase at affordable prices, said Monroe Free, executive director of Habitat Greenville. Building supplies, furniture and a variety of other merchandise are available. While anyone is welcome to shop at the ReStore, low income families have a low-cost option that can help them stretch their budgets.
The Simpsonville location, which is at the corner of Highway 14 and Main Street, was chosen for several reasons including its location in the Golden Strip. The other two ReStores are close to downtown Greenville and in the Taylors area, he said.
The site also was selected because of Habitat’s several decades’ long partnership with the Golden Strip Coalitions, an affiliation of churches in the community, to build houses in Simpsonville, Mauldin and Fountain Inn.
We are proud to be further strengthening our bond in this community, Free said.
About Habitat for Humanity
Habitat for Humanity of Greenville County was chartered in 1985 and has provided home ownership to more than 310 low-income families. In the coming year, Habitat for Humanity Greenville County plans to serve 26 families; twelve through new homeownership, 12 through weatherization and two through critical repair.
