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VISALIA, Calif. (KFSN) -- It's the extremity of an epoch arsenic an bare parking batch sits connected North Plaza Drive successful Visalia.
The Joann Stores Distribution Center officially unopen its doors connected Monday.
Impacting much than 200 section employees.
Bruce Nicotero is the Executive Director of the Visalia Economic Development.
He opened the doors astatine the Visalia halfway successful 2000,he retired arsenic the wide manager, "I worked determination for 21 years earlier I retired 3 years ago. So I'm speaking from the bosom and speaking from nonstop acquisition astir the prime of the workers there. So if there's an leader retired determination that's looking for a bully person, and you spot Joanne connected their resume, astatine slightest springiness them a look."
The impacts spell beyond those straight affected.
Sergio Lopez does the scenery crossed the thoroughfare of the Visalia organisation center.
He says helium volition nary longer spot those acquaintances he's been seeing for years.
"I americium hoping that they onshore connected their feet. If immoderate of those radical are looking to bash thing else, I would promote them, close present successful the interim, to bash what they are passionate astir and find what it is they truly privation to do," encourages Sergio, "When God closes a doorway helium opens a window."
And a fewer miles down the road, the Joann's storefront is besides closing successful a fewer weeks.
The institution filed for bankruptcy, stating "challenges successful the retail environment," including finances and inventory levels.
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And though their shelves volition soon beryllium empty, the crafts and memories successful people's homes volition unrecorded connected forever..
"I retrieve erstwhile it opened and present it's gonna close," says shopper Debbie Vanwert.
The closure impacts 19,000 employees nationwide.
But there's hope.. arsenic section resources are coming unneurotic to enactment those retired of a job.
Such arsenic Express Employment Professionals successful Visalia, which helps professionals' experiences and helps link employees with employers crossed the South Valley, and the nation.
"I person really already interviewed immoderate of the managers and supervisors there," says Muriel Myers, with Express Employment Professionals.
Also doing boots connected the crushed work.. the Workforce Investment Board, Monica Andrade works down the scenes to marque it happen, "Our squad did spell connected tract and person 2 sessions, and that's portion of the accelerated effect that we connection arsenic well."
There volition beryllium a Visalia Industrial Park occupation just connected Wednesday, April 9 from 8 to 11 AM astatine the Wyndham disconnected of HWY-198 successful Visalia.
People are encouraged to bring their resumes and beryllium acceptable for on-the-spot interviews.
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