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PIER store enhancing lives
Adults with disabilities enjoy the opportunities
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Kate Kreager, from left, Kelly Wise and Hannah Wood arrange clothing items at the PIER Foundation Thrift Store on Browns Bridge Road. The store provides jobs to adults with disabilities. - photo by Autumn Vetter
In just its first year, a nonprofit thrift store in north Forsyth is living up to its name of Provide Inspiration, Employment and Resources.The goal of the PIER store on Browns Bridge Road has been to establish a self-sustaining business that provides jobs to adults with disabilities. It opened on Sept. 22, 2011 with just six employees. The staff has since doubled and co-founder Cindy Matteson said the growth is not stopping.“Our goal was to reach 15 [employees] by the end of this year and we’re probably going to hit that,” she said.