Goodwill set to open first Centennial Hills location

By SANDY LOPEZ View Staff Writer

10 years ago

Centennial High School teacher Ritzie Gratrix, student Scott Hollingworth, student Reimundo Diaz-Gomez, Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman, student Gary Meraz, student Kaitlyn Hashey and Goodwill of Southern Nevada president and CEO Steve Chartrand break ground for a new Goodwill Store & Drive Thru Donation Center on North Durango near Deer Springs. (Special to View) Click the image for more photos.

Centennial High School teacher Gary Arlitz presents Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman and Mayor Pro Tem Steve Ross signed posters from special education students who are part of Goodwill’s Student Work Experience Program during a groundbreaking for a new Goodwill Store & Drive Thru Donation Center on North Durango near Deer Springs. (Special to View)

Centennial High School teacher Gary Arlitz and special education students from Centennial High School helped Goodwill of Southern Nevada break ground on Thursday, May 14 on North Durango Drive near Deer Springs Way. Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman and Mayor Pro Tem and Ward 6 Councilman Steve Ross also attended the groundbreaking. (Sandy Lopez/View)

Special education students from Centennial High School helped Goodwill of Southern Nevada break ground on Thursday, May 14 on North Durango Drive near Deer Springs Way. (Sandy Lopez/View)

President and CEO of Goodwill of Southern Nevada Steve Chartrand speaks at the groundbreaking of Goodwill of Southern Nevada on North Durango Drive near Deer Springs Way. The store is set to be Centennial Hill’s first thrift store in the community’s history. (Sandy Lopez/View)

Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman and Mayor Pro Tem and Ward 6 Councilman Steve Ross greet each other at the groundbreaking of Goodwill of Southern Nevada on North Durango Drive near Deer Springs Way. The store is set to be Centennial Hill’s first thrift store in the community’s history. (Sandy Lopez/View)

President and CEO of Goodwill of Southern Nevada Steve Chartrand speaks at the groundbreaking of Goodwill of Southern Nevada on North Durango Drive near Deer Springs Way while Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman looks on. The store is set to be Centennial Hill’s first thrift store in the community’s history. (Sandy Lopez/View)

Centennial Hills is about to get its first Goodwill Store and Drive-Thru Donation Center and its first thrift store.

Special education students from Centennial High School helped Goodwill of Southern Nevada break ground on May 14 on North Durango Drive near Deer Springs Way.

The students are part of the nonprofit’s Student Work Experience Program, which provides more than 600 Clark County School District special education students from about 30 schools an opportunity to develop valuable and life-changing work-related skills in a real-world environment.

“As a Goodwill of Southern Nevada board member for more than a decade, I have seen firsthand how this nonprofit changes lives in our community,” said Penny Mendlovic, CBRE Las Vegas, in a recent press release. “We are thrilled to be part of Goodwill’s growth.”

Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman and Mayor Pro Tem and Ward 6 Councilman Steve Ross also attended the groundbreaking.

The 17,000-square-foot build-to-suit retail store is set to feature a 12,000-square-foot sales floor and plans to open in the late summer or early fall 2015.

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