Myrtle Beach’s Market Common area could be getting a Goodwill. Here’s what we know
Development of a Goodwill is being sought on a vacant lot along Farrow Parkway in Myrtle Beach.
Plans submitted last month by Piedmont Companies, Inc. call for the construction of a 17,000 square-foot building near the Farrow Commons shopping center on Agnes Lane, bordering Fred Nash Boulevard. The proposed building would include a parking lot, loading deck, site landscaping, a career opportunity center and a covered drive-thru donation drop-off area.
Robert Smith, President and CEO of Palmetto Goodwill, said the project is striving to be completed by March of 2021.
With Goodwill retail stores providing education, training and employment services to more than 20,000 people, assisting over 4,600 obtain jobs, Smith said the company has been eager to expand those services along the Grand Strand, adding aspirations of opening an adult high school for those who have aged out of the school system and want to obtain a high school diploma.
“The Market Commons location was chosen as a great location for a retail/donation and career opportunity center given the growth in the area and the close proximity to one of our close partners, Horry Georgetown Technical College,” Smith told The Sun News.
The proposed building would be adjacent to the shopping complex currently occupied by Walmart Neighborhood Market and about a dozen other retail shops and restaurants near The Market Common area. There are currently seven Goodwill locations in the Myrtle Beach area with six in Horry County and one in Georgetown County.
The application is scheduled to go before the Community Appearance Board on April 16. The board will meet via conference call that will be live streamed on Myrtle Beach’s city government Facebook page.
This story was originally published April 10, 2020 at 1:11 PM.
