Phoenixville Goodwill Gets A Makeover

PHOENIXVILLE, PA - Thrift store connoisseurs and bargain lovers, look no further.

Phoenixville’s Goodwill store at 700 Nutt Road recently unveiled its remodeled warehouse, complete with a ribbon cutting ceremony attended by Chester County Board of Commissioners Chairwoman Marian Moskowitz, Phoenixville Mayor Peter Urscheler, Goodwill leaders and Goodwill Phoenixville store staff last week.

The 15,000-square-foot warehouse space now features new displays, improved traffic design and refreshed branding, alongside expanded backroom production areas in order to process more donations, Goodwill said in a statement.

“Goodwill has operated at this location for a quarter-century, which is a testament to the incredible support from the Phoenixville-area community,” Goodwill Keystone Area Chief Production Officer Andrew Gackenbach said. “We thank our generous donors for continuing to drop off their gently-used items, and we are thrilled to provide an enhanced shopping experience with improvements made to the store floor and increased inventory resulting from changes to our back-of-shop operations.”

The new site opens in tandem with Goodwill’s new mobile learning lab, a 24-foot trailer that houses five computer workstations, virtual reality headsets, TV monitors and Wi-Fi access for career development in the community. The mobile learning lab will offer skills training to Goodwill employees as well as virtual reality training to community members, plus job search assistance, digital literacy, financial wellness help and more.

“Currently, there are large gaps in vocational training programs and job-readiness services,” Gackenbach said. “The Goodwill Learning Lab allows us to bring job training in essential skills and emerging technologies directly to those who need it.”