Goodwill of Silicon Valley opening its first outlet retailer in San Jose

Goodwill of Silicon Valley CEO Christopher Baker is kind of excited in regards to the new Goodwill Outlet retailer opening Might 2 in San Jose.

“It’s a double benefit,” stated Baker, who has been with Goodwill of Silicon Valley for 15 years and took excessive spot final August. Consumers, he stated, will get a good higher value than they might at common Goodwill retail shops. To not point out, it’s additionally preserving extra stuff out of landfills. It’s a triple profit when you think about the additional income Goodwill can pump again into its job-training applications.

So how’s a Goodwill Outlet completely different from one in all its common shops? Just like the common shops, prospects can buy donated clothes, books, home goods and electronics — however as an alternative of division store-style buying, all the pieces on the outlet retailer is sorted into bins and offered by the pound. Furnishings gadgets additionally can be obtainable on the outlet retailer at particular decrease costs and never by weight.

Gadgets together with clothes, housewares and media are sorted into bins for buyers on the new Goodwill Outlet retailer in San Jose, which has its grand opening scheduled for Friday, Might 2, 2025. (Courtesy Goodwill of Silicon Valley) 

Baker advised me that Goodwill processes about 40 million kilos of donated gadgets yearly. Not all of that’s appropriate for Goodwill’s retail retailer, however as an alternative of being thrown out, these gadgets will now go to the outlet retailer. Goodwill has a four-week cycle for gadgets in retail shops, and gadgets which are unsold after a month additionally will go to the outlet.

Whereas different Goodwill organizations within the Bay Space have been weathering troublesome occasions these days, Baker stated Goodwill of Silicon Valley is financially sturdy. This yr, it bought a brand new constructing for its headquarters on Know-how Drive in North San Jose and plans to lease out a number of the flooring to nonprofits with comparable missions.

The Goodwill Outlet retailer is at 1685 Tully Highway, on the intersection with King Highway, and can have its grand opening at 10 a.m. Friday, with remarks from Baker, San Jose Metropolis Councilmember Bien Doan and Christina Bui, chair of the Tully Highway Eastridge Enterprise Affiliation.

ARTFUL WEEKEND: The month-to-month South First Fridays artwork stroll is again this week in downtown San Jose, and it’ll be an important alternative to take a look at this yr’s Latinx Now! artwork public sale exhibition on the MACLA gallery, 510 S. First St. The exhibition showcases the work of greater than 30 artists, and it’ll all be auctioned off Might 17. Get extra info on the public sale at www.maclaarte.org and get the total South First Fridays lineup at www.southfirstfridays.com.

There’ll be creativity on show for the eyes and ears in Saratoga this weekend, too. The Saratoga Rotary’s 66th annual Artwork Present will return to West Valley Faculty on Saturday and Sunday, with sculptures, work, images and mixed-media artwork on show from 10 a.m. to five p.m. every day. There’ll be loads of reside music to go together with the artwork, as nicely. Get extra particulars at www.saratogarotaryartshow.org.

And on Sunday, there’ll be some fantastic sounds at Saint Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Saratoga, the place acclaimed pianist Katya Grineva will carry out within the church’s first live performance sequence on its Imperial Bosendorfer Grand Piano. The church acquired a grant from the Valley Basis to amass the instrument, which is the one one in all its form at a South Bay venue. Tickets to the 4 p.m. live performance are $25, however anybody beneath 16 is free. Go to www.st-andrews-saratoga.org for tickets.

AND THEY’RE OFF: Kentucky Derby followers could also be flocking to San Jose Truthful Downs on the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds on Saturday to look at the Triple Crown race. The Derby Day celebrations begin at 8:30 a.m. and can embrace a contest for greatest hat, mint juleps and themed meals specials and, after all, you’ll be able to guess on the three:57 p.m. race there, too. Parking in Lot C is free, however keep in mind to go away the youngsters at dwelling — you’ve acquired to be at the very least 18 to enter.