Springfield Target undergoes $4 million renovation.Byline: RETAIL NOTEBOOK By Edward Russo The Register-Guard If you think the remodeled Target in Springfield's Gateway Mall Gateway Mall may refer to:
The renovation added 10,000-square feet of sales floor to the store, space taken from the stock room. Among other improvements, the store added a pharmacy and got new flooring, fixtures, entrances and conveyor belt conveyor belt One of various devices that provide mechanized movement of material, as in a factory. Conveyor belts are used in industrial applications and also on large farms, in warehousing and freight-handling, and in movement of raw materials. checkout stands. The renovation cost topped $4 million, more than what it took to build the store 14 years ago. "It's wonderful that the remodel re·mod·el tr.v. re·mod·eled also re·mod·elled, re·mod·el·ing also re·mod·el·ling, re·mod·els also re·mod·els To make over in structure or style; reconstruct. is a reality now," manager Sue Ray said. "The store is so bright and beautiful. And we are excited about the fall season. When you are in retail, you live for the fall seasons." Retailers buy building Confident in the future of downtown Cottage Grove Cottage Grove, village (1990 pop. 22,935), Washington co., SE Minn., near the St. Croix River; inc. 1965. There is farming (cattle, sheep, corn, and soybeans) and manufacturing (chemicals and machinery). , hardware merchants Gene Gillett and George Devine now own a neighboring neigh·bor n. 1. One who lives near or next to another. 2. A person, place, or thing adjacent to or located near another. 3. A fellow human. 4. Used as a form of familiar address. v. building that they had rented for storage for 18 years. The building at Fifth and Washington streets The following streets in the United States are called Washington Street:
Gillett and Devine financed the $173,500 property purchase with a $112,000 federal rural assistance development loan, a $38,000 loan from Siuslaw Valley Bank, and $23,500 of their own money. Cottage Grove suffered as the number of sawmills dropped from more than 50 in the 1950s to two today, Gillett said, but the soon-to-open hospital and new high school show that things are improving. "It just feels like a nice, strong, healthy community," he said. It's in the cards Two years ago, Julianna Smith of Eugene launched a home-based greeting card company, Parlez-Vous. The cards, typically $4 to $6 each, feature Smith's watercolor drawings and hand-lettered greetings decorated dec·o·rate tr.v. dec·o·rat·ed, dec·o·rat·ing, dec·o·rates 1. To furnish, provide, or adorn with something ornamental; embellish. 2. with tiny rhinestones, buttons, ribbons, keys and other trinkets. Soon after she started, Smith's cards were sold in 30 stores, mostly in the Northwest. Today, her cards are sold in about 400 stores across the country, said Smith, who has three employees. "It's definitely exceeded my goals," she said. "I never intended to have people working for me." Two weeks ago, Smith and her family moved to Portland to be closer to relatives. Smith plans to keep her Eugene employees, who assemble the cards, and she probably will hire people in Portland to keep up with the growing demand. In Eugene, Smith's cards are sold at Letterhead Fine Papers & Gifts in the Meridian Meridian (mərĭd`ēən), city (1990 pop. 41,036), seat of Lauderdale co., E Miss., near the Ala. line; settled 1831, inc. 1860. building and at Boux in Southtowne Shoppes. In September, Smith expects to start selling cards through her Web site, parlezvous- cards.com. Retail Notebook runs Thursdays. Edward Russo can be reached at 338-2359 or erusso@guardnet.com. |
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