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looking to build Scappoose store  Thrift store plans moving
through approval process  A 19,500-square-foot Goodwill thrift
store may be on the horizon for Scappoose once the company works
through required land use processes.  The retail chain, which
employs more than 2,000 people across its local division, is
looking towards Scappoose to build its 44th store in the region.
The store would be located by the newly opened Second Street
extension.  Goodwill Industries of the Columbia/Willamette is
currently in due diligence with the city of Scappoose and still
has to be approved to begin building.  But Goodwill and city
officials are both excited about the possibility of the store
opening in the county.  'It's another investment in the
community,' said City Manager John Hanken.  Two-thirds of
Goodwill employees have a traditional barrier to employment,
such as the elderly, people with disabilities or those just out
of correctional facilities.  If the st