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DHP recognizes Depot
HUNTINGTON -- Downtown Huntington Partners has recognized The Downtown Depot for the first of its weekly salutes to businesses and people dedicated to the betterment of Downtown Huntington.
In May 2007, Goodwill Industries of KYOWVA opened the new retail venture, which features the work of West Virginia juried artisans, snacks and hard to find sundry items at 401 9th Street on the Plaza in the middle of downtown Huntington, according to a news release. The store also serves as a training ground for Goodwill's retail skills and hospitality training programs.
Artists featured include potter Susan Maslowski, shaker box maker Ervin Jones, jewelers Leona Mackey, Mary Ellen Shank and Don Miller. Recently the work of several new potters has been added, including the work of Susan Boyce, Jo St. Myers and Paul Latos.
West Virginia food producers such as Blue Smoke Salsa, Up the Creek Mustard, Thistle Dew Farms, and Appalachian Specialty Foods are available at the Depot as well. The store also features West Virginia note cards from Wolf Creek Printery, Teresa and Aaron Yeager, and Maury Mufson; post cards by Frank Cavallo, Ric MacDowell and Betty Rivard; and framed or unframed photographs by MacDowell, Rivard and David Fattelah.
The Downtown Depot is open Monday through Saturday, 9:30 a.m. - 6 p.m. For more information, contact Carter Seaton, (304) 525-7034 or ctseaton@goodwillhunting.org.
The Downtown Huntington Partners group meets at the Pullman Plaza hotel on the first and third Thursdays of the month at 8:30 a.m. For more information on membership call Shawn Bresnahan at Le Cook Store 697-2665.
