Habitat for Humanity ReStore Coming to Brooklyn Park
Since 2007, people looking to save a little money on home improvement projects have been able to do so at the Habitat for Humanity ReStore in New Brighton.
“I call them the best kept secret that we don’t want to have be a secret,” said Robin Henrichsen, director of ReStores for Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity.
She says their inventory consists of donated furniture, lights, paint and everything in between — all at a discounted price.
“We try to give people the best deal that we can on the items that we have,” said Henrichsen. “So if it’s a new item, it might start at fifty percent of that retail price, or if it’s a gently used item, it will start at a lower amount just from the start.”
Every purchase helps Habitat for Humanity build new homes, and every donation keeps items out of the landfill.
The Twin Cities currently has two of these ReStore home improvement outlets: the one in New Brighton and another in Minneapolis.
But later this summer, they’ll have a third location in Brooklyn Park near Highways 169 and 610. The nonprofit hopes to have the store ready by August.
Some of the furniture on sale at the Habitat for Humanity ReStore in New Brighton.
Expanding to the northwest metro
“There aren’t any ReStores on the northwest side, even further out than the metro area,” said Henrichsen. “So knowing that there was a void in that location, that’s kind of where we were looking in the northwest metro.”
In the weeks and months ahead, Henrichsen says they’ll need volunteers to help the store get up and running, and they’ll need inventory to sell.
“So we need you to think about donating things that you no longer need or want that might be taking up some space in a location that you want to have that space back,” she said.
Habitat for Humanity also received a $199,994 grant from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency to help launch the new Brooklyn Park Location.
State officials say the new store has the potential to secure more than 7,000 donations annually, which could lead to salvaging an additional 4.3 million pounds from the waste stream within the first four years.
Meanwhile, volunteer opportunities will eventually become available on the ReStore website.
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