Cloquet Goodwill store to close
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Jana Peterson/ Pine Knot News
The Cloquet Goodwill store at 1102 Cloquet Avenue will close Dec. 22. The non-profit company said in a press release that the closure is an effort to become more efficient through consolidation, but left the door open to returning to the community in the future. Cloquet is also home to a Salvation Army Thrift store.
Eleven people will be out of jobs this holiday season as the Goodwill store in Cloquet will close Dec. 22 after more than 30 years of operation here.
"Economically they just couldn't do it anymore," store manager Sue Bauer said this week. She has been at the store for 13 years and, like many of the employees there, is looking for a new job.
Goodwill Industries in Duluth said Cloquet workers have been offered positions at its other stores in the region. Bauer said most of them have transportation issues that won't allow them to drive to locations in Duluth, Hermantown or Superior.
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