Bayview Lowe relieves several unemployed, creates 100 jobs

By siliconindia   |   Monday, 15 November 2010, 18:10 IST
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San Francisco: The opening of a new Lowe's home improvement store on Bayshore Boulevard in San Francisco has brought hundreds of jobs to the area. More than 200 people from Bayview-Hunters Point, the Mission District, Potrero Hill and the Portola and Excelsior neighborhoods have been hired to work at the store. The site, originally a Goodman's Lumber, was slated for a Home Depot store after being vacant for nearly a decade when Goodman closed in 2000. As with most big-box store proposals, locals opposed the Home Depot, fearing it would take business away from the "mom and pop" stores. This location, this boulevard, needed the economic stimulation, said Mayor Gavin Newsom and Supervisor Sophie Maxwell. Hebron, a Cashier, said the nearby mom-and-pop hardware stores are often too expensive. Hebron is studying criminal justice and balances her schedule at Lowe's with her City College class schedule. Construction on the site - which is more than 90,000 square feet - generated 312 jobs, and nearly half were filled by San Francisco residents, according to the Mayor's office. It is also true that there are a lot of Asians who are loyal customers of Lowe's who love the store to come to their neighborhood.