About 200 eager customers lined up to check out the new Goodwill location that opened its doors to great fanfare Tuesday morning at Crown Drive.

City officials, Goodwill representatives and the public celebrated the opening of the consolidated store during a ceremony that included a ribbon-cutting and the first day of operation for the location.

The retail store at 153 Crown Drive at the former OfficeMax space merges two former locations at 4044 Franklin Turnpike and 512 Westover Drive.

“This ... store offers not only a larger retail space, but also a convenient covered drive-thru donation center and plenty of parking to make the experience easy for customers and donors alike,” Anne Moore-Sparks, president of the Danville Pittsylvania Chamber of Commerce, said during remarks at the even

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