{"id":11065,"date":"2019-04-19T17:17:09","date_gmt":"2019-04-19T17:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/?p=11065"},"modified":"2019-04-19T17:17:09","modified_gmt":"2019-04-19T17:17:09","slug":"construction-focused-thrift-store-restructuring-for-retail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/2019\/04\/19\/construction-focused-thrift-store-restructuring-for-retail\/","title":{"rendered":"Construction-Focused Thrift Store Restructuring For Retail"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wood River Land Trust seeks volunteer help<\/i><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

By Eric Valentine <\/span><\/p>\n

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A note taped to the front door of Building Material Thrift informs customers of the reduced hours. Photo credit: Eric Valentine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

O<\/span>ne of the Valley\u2019s more unique nonprofit businesses\u2014Building Material Thrift\u2014is not closing, as many construction businesses and do-it-yourselfers in the community had worried. But it is restructuring, turning its construction-oriented sales focus into a more generalized retail-friendly one. <\/span><\/p>\n

According to the Wood River Land Trust\u2014the organization that operates the store\u2014the shift is being done to make the store more profitable and would mirror the business models many other area nonprofits use to support their fundraising goals.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur goal is to not have the store close, so we\u2019re restructuring,\u201d the land trust\u2019s deputy director, Amy Trujillo, said.<\/p>\n

Building A New Structure<\/b><\/p>\n

Previously in operation Monday through Saturday and staffed by paid workers, the store is now only open on Sundays, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and run by volunteers from the Wood River Land Trust.<\/p>\n

Trujillo said the reduced hours and volunteer staffing were necessary to make the store more profitable. However, if more volunteers step forward, hours could expand.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf anyone wants to volunteer some time, we\u2019d love to have them come and work the store,\u201d Trujillo said. \u201cAny little bit helps.\u201d<\/p>\n

Where most thrift stores specialize in selling smaller wares, Building Material Thrift was known for having a full inventory of large items, from sinks and oven ranges to sheets of tile and door frames. In short, it\u2019s where you\u2019d go with your truck, not your sedan. That all could change if the land trust goes the way of, for instance, The Community Library in Ketchum, which operates The Gold Mine Thrift Store. That thrift keeps its inventory limited to, among other things, apparel, books, electronics and some furniture.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019ve been successful in that model and that\u2019s maybe the direction we need to go,\u201d Trujillo said. \u201cThat\u2019s what we\u2019re trying to figure out now.\u201d<\/p>\n

While retail friendliness could trigger better revenues, the refocus could blur the nonprofit\u2019s mission\u2014to protect and restore land, water and wildlife habitat. Reusing large-scale building materials and keeping tons of non-biodegradable products out of landfills fit cleanly into that mantra and filled a niche otherwise left vacant in the Valley.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe like having a construction focus and we hope to keep offering that,\u201d Trujillo said. \u201cBut the first priority is keeping the store running.\u201d<\/p>\n

For more information about the Wood River Land Trust or to volunteer, visit the organization online at woodriverlandtrust.org or call (208) 788-3947.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wood River Land Trust seeks volunteer help By Eric Valentine One of the Valley\u2019s more unique nonprofit businesses\u2014Building Material Thrift\u2014is not closing, as many construction businesses and do-it-yourselfers in the community had worried. But it is restructuring, turning its construction-oriented sales focus into a more generalized retail-friendly one. According to the Wood River Land Trust\u2014the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11067,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","_pvb_checkbox_block_on_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,20,36],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11065","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"category-nonprofit","9":"category-slider"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11065\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}