21 May Grand Opening for Clarksville’s Third Goodwill Store Set May 29

Needmore Road Facility to Include Career Solutions Center, Drive-Through Donations Area

A multiple-employer job fair, a ribbon-cutting and numerous door prizes are among Grand Opening celebrations planned for Clarksville’s newest Goodwill at 2001 Needmore Road on Friday, May 29.

Events get under way at 8 a.m. with a ribbon-cutting ceremony hosted by the Clarksville Area Chamber of Commerce. The Goodwill store, which is Clarksville’s third, and the adjacent Goodwill Career Solutions center and covered, drive-through Donations Express Center, will open at 8:15 a.m. The Career Solutions center will begin an open house at that time.

“We are extremely excited about the first free-standing Goodwill facility to open in Clarksville,” said Melinda Shepard, Chamber of Commerce executive director. “All locations of the Goodwill stores and Career Solutions centers have been great community partners. We appreciate the involvement with the Chamber and the community by providing training and employment opportunities.”

GRAND OPENING FOR NEW GOODWILL

When: Friday, May 29

            8 a.m. (Ribbon Cutting)

            8:15 a.m. (Store Opens, Career Solutions Open House begins)

Where: 2001 Needmore Road

            Clarksville, Tenn.

At 19,000 square feet, the sales floor of the new store is the largest of the Goodwills in Clarksville. The store will sell gently used clothing, shoes, books, furniture and household items, including many name brands, at deeply discounted prices. Sales fund Goodwill’s mission of providing job training and employment opportunities in the community for people who are struggling to find work.

Free services offered at the Goodwill Career Solutions center will include career assessment and evaluation, career counseling and planning, job readiness training, digital literacy, resume writing, online job search, retail training and more. Last year, the Goodwill Career Solutions centers at 1596-L Ft. Campbell Blvd., 1937 Madison St. and 640 Providence Blvd. in Clarksville served 2,523 people and helped 686 land jobs.

Like other Goodwill Career Solutions centers, the one at 2001 Needmore Road will host frequent job fairs. The first will be held from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. on Grand Opening day. Participating employers will include Agero, Clarksville-Montgomery County School System, Speedway, HG Staffing, R.E. West, Trinity Marine, USA Living, Frontier Basement Systems, Safe Harbor/FaithWorks, Convergys and TransAmerica. These employers seek to fill at least 130 positions in Montgomery and Cheatham counties. Openings include substitute teacher, bus driver, cashier, food service, forklift, rackpicker, over-the-road driver, foreman welder, sales representative, call center advisor and more, with pay rates varying but ranging up to $60,000 per year.

JOB FAIR FOR AT LEAST ELEVEN EMPLOYERS       

When: Friday, May 29

            11 a.m. – 2 p.m.                               

Where: Goodwill Career Solutions

            2001 Needmore Road

            Clarksville, Tenn.

Representatives from these companies will be on site and interviews are possible, so job-seekers should dress for success. Job candidates are encouraged to bring a resume, photo ID, Social Security card or birth certificate.

Shoppers can register to win an iPad mini in the store on May 29. Goodwill tote bags will be given to the first 500 shoppers starting that day, and 20 Goodwill gift cards will be given out through the weekend. The first 50 donors at the donation center will receive a free copy of recording artist Kristian Bush’s new solo album, “Southern Gravity.”

Hours at the new store and donations area will be 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday-Friday and 10 a.m.-8 p.m. on Sundays. The store’s phone number is (931) 241-4599. The new Goodwill Career Solutions center will be open from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday, and the center can be reached at (931) 241-4730.

About Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee, Inc.
For more than 55 years Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee has provided job training and job placement free of charge to people with disabilities or other barriers to employment through the sale of donated items. In 2014, Goodwill served 28,159 people in Middle and West Tennessee and placed 9.558 people in jobs. More information about Goodwill’s Career Solutions, retail stores and donation centers can be obtained online at  www.giveit2goodwill.org or by calling 1-800-545-9231.