East Vancouver crafters, knitters and scrapbookers could have to discover a new place to get their sq. frames. Craft Warehouse on Mill Plain will quickly be no extra.
The Camas-based chain introduced this week that it’s closing two of its Portland-Vancouver-area areas — the 13503 S.E. Mill Plain Blvd. retailer and one in Beaverton, Ore. The Salem, Ore., location can also be shuttering.
Followers of Craft Warehouse lamented the transfer on social media, saying they might miss having an area craft retailer possibility.
The corporate mentioned in a social media publish Wednesday that it’s “excited to focus on our larger ‘Mega’ Craft stores in Hazel Dell and Gresham.”
Craft Warehouse, born from a small chain of selection shops in Oregon and California, opened the Mill Plain location in 1997 in what had been a Hello-Faculty Pharmacy.
Jerry Williams began the chain in 1991, eager to discover a option to compete towards big-box shops corresponding to Goal and Walmart.
He and sons Greg, Mike and Rob, who all graduated from Camas Excessive Faculty, turned the operation right into a tri-state craft empire.
The Mill Plain retailer began its liquidation sale in the present day, promoting merchandise for no less than 15 p.c off.
The corporate opened its Hazel Dell location in 2016. That location — in addition to the others in Gresham, Kennewick and Meridian, Idaho — are anticipated to stay open.