Nana’s Thrift Store owner, town officials celebrate business’ recovery
After a car crashed into Claudette Edgecomb’s thrift store on the first day it opened, she is back to running the small business in Fort Fairfield.
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Staff photo/Anthony Brino Claudette Edgecomb marking the reopening of Nana’s Thrift Store with Fort Fairfield economic development director Tim Goff, left, and town manager Jim Risner. |
“I was planning this for years,” said Edgecomb as she and Fort Fairfield town officials gathered at Nana’s Thrift Store on Wednesday, July 6.
Edgecomb, a longtime social worker and Fort Fairfield resident, opened the second-hand shop on Saturday, May 14, and an allegedly intoxicated driver crashed into the front of the building late in the afternoon, throwing her from a desk and damaging the front wall of the store.
Edgecomb and the storefront have recovered, and she’s looking forward to offering the community another option for used goods, with everything from formal clothes and shoes to kitchen gear and furniture.
“I want to have clean, good used stuff,” Edgecomb said, adding that she takes donations and curates used items she finds. In a section of the store she calls “Nana’s closet” there is a sizable selection of youth and adult summer, fall and winter clothes, and she also offers clothing alterations.
Fort Fairfield town manager Jim Riser and economic development director Tim Goff welcomed the store to the local business community, as they try to help grow the town’s economy, and noted Edgecomb’s resilience in reopening.
“The fact that she has overcome this obstacle and survived her unique first day on the job is something few in the community will forget,” Goff said in a media release.
