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Published March 16, 2015

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2013 April Workshop – Salvaged Garden Gates

Second Use’s manager and resident landscaping expert, Dave Lacey, will lead the workshop.

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Published March 16, 2015

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2013 Hammer Like a Girl

The concept of their efforts is simple but brilliant– three women joining forces to improve their homes and skill sets.

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Published March 16, 2015

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2013 Salvage Project Showcase to Coincide with Decon ’13

With growing attention on salvage and creative reuse, Second Use wants to engage the local design and building community and spotlight what the Seattle area’s creative building professionals are doing in this important area of sustainable building.

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Published March 16, 2015

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2013 March Workshop – Wood Identification

Second Use is launching its spring workshop series, starting with a free wood identification workshop Sunday, March 3, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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Published March 16, 2015

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2013 Staff Spotlight February – Dave Lacey

Dave has always been drawn to the sustainability of reusing building materials, and that is what brought him to Second Use–the draw of working with a like-minded, focused community and a different kind of public interaction.

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Published March 16, 2015

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2013 1939 Seattle Symphony Program

“I like to imagine people in fancy dresses and tuxedos, drinking martinis, standing in a beautiful building.” – Michael Armstrong, Second Use co-owner and Receiving Crew member

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Published March 16, 2015

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2013 Staff Spotlight January – Wes Isbell

With an interest in expanding the scope of salvage beyond finishes and décor, Isbell hopes to see it play a more integral role in architectural features and structural systems.

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Published March 16, 2015

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2012 December Referral Program

It’s as easy as that. Bring a friend, mention the referral program to the cashiers, we will take it from there, and you’ll save 15 percent off your purchase!

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Published March 16, 2015

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2012 Free Plumbing Workshop – Dec. 8

Join Second Use for our free plumbing workshop Saturday, Dec. 8, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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Published March 16, 2015

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2012 Farewell, South Park!

Everyone was excited about the new space and the opportunity it would bring, but it was very sad to leave the community that had become home 15 years earlier.

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Published March 16, 2015

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2012 Final Move Information

A schedule of events for the final stretch of Second Use’s move to SoDo.

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Published March 16, 2015

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2012 It’s Starting to Look Like a Real Store

Visitors are starting to see hints of what it will look like when it’s fully functional.

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Published March 16, 2015

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2012 A Message from Second Use’s Salvage Services Manager

Now more than ever, we are focused on removing materials from your project site.

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Published March 16, 2015

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2012 Grand Opening Party Oct. 13

We’ll provide snacks, music (the RooTsters at at 11:15 a.m. and IQ9 at 1:30 p.m.), and sales. Everything in the store will be 10 percent off. Come one, come all!

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Published March 16, 2015

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2012 Construction on the New Space – Aug. 29, 2012

The space will provide more natural light and climate control than the current check-out area.

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Published March 16, 2015

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2012 Second Use Reunites Family with Musically Historic Bar

When Second Use employee Michael Greenwood informed the Harvey family about the bar, daughter Michelle Harvey rushed over. She was nearly brought to tears looking at the bar, thinking of her family’s memories of it, and the thought of it leaving the family again.

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Published March 16, 2015

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2012 From Railroad Tracks to a Modern Loading Dock

One of the major projects at the new store in SoDo is Second Use’s loading dock.

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Published March 16, 2015

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2012 Construction on the New Space – Aug. 14, 2012

With a little luck, the contractor work will wrap up at the expected early-September deadline.

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Published March 16, 2015

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2012 Second Use Shipping “Office” Gets Moved to SoDo

We’re one step closer to operating in the new space! And in the new space, we’ll have an actual shipping office.

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Published March 16, 2015

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2012 Creative Reuse by Dan Phillips

Dan Phillips’s creative reuse is about as creative as it comes.

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Published March 16, 2015

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2012 Construction on the New Space – July 27, 2012

Construction work is officially under way at the old Alaskan Copper building.

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Published March 16, 2015

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2012 One Rack Down, Only 100 More to Go

The process of clearing out the current store space in South Park to get ready for the move has officially begun.

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Published March 16, 2015

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2012 South Seattle Appreciation Day

In appreciation of everyone in the South Park, White Center and South Seattle community who has supported Second Use from the beginning, we decided to have a special event.

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Published March 16, 2015

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2012 Recent Issues with the Second Use Website

Second Use decided to move the website to a new server with higher security protocols.

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Published March 16, 2015

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2012 Queen Anne Apartments

Just days after wrapping up work on the East Side Mansion, the Field Crew’s largest job ever, they’re back at it.

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Published March 16, 2015

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2012 Vote for Second Use in the Mission Small Business Awards

If you like Second Use, and you have 30 seconds to spare, please vote for us in the Mission Small Business Awards!

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Published March 16, 2015

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2012 Waste Not, Want Not

Unfortunately, a homeowner in the suburbs is demolishing a 25,000-square-foot home in order to build something different. Fortunately, this homeowner has called Second Use to salvage what we can before the structure goes down. The result is Second Use’s biggest project in our history.

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Published March 16, 2015

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2012 Second Use Collection on Vashon Island – July 14 and 15

In an effort to gather materials in a place where it’s not as easy for people to salvage, Second Use will set up shop at Granny’s on Sunrise Ridge from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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Published March 16, 2015

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2012 So Big You Can Play Frisbee in it!

As excited as everyone is to fill the space with salvaged materials, it will be hard to give up all that play room!

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Published March 16, 2015

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2012 Note About Second Use’s Move from Co-Owner Patrick Burningham

For me, the seeds of this move were planted (at least in my imagination) some years ago, when I was managing the break down and bug out of our auxiliary storage space that we rented from the Port of Seattle.

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