Beloved nonprofit Community Forklift will leave its Edmonston site of 17 years at the request of Washington Gas, which owns the land the warehouse sits on.
People drive in from D.C. and Silver Spring or even make the short walk south from downtown Hyattsville because they want what Community Forklift sells out of its 40,000-square-foot warehouse — at a steep discount.
Homeowners, local businesses and independent construction contractors come to save. The nonprofit also donates supplies to schools, community organizations and low-income households. Salvaging allows them to make unlikely connections between donors and recipients in need: minifridges donated by renovatingsold to diabetes patients who need them to store insulin.
“Washington Gas continues to support Community Forklift, as we have, for more than 15 years,” Francis wrote to The Washington Post. “We will continue to work with Community Forklift throughout their transition.”Asked at the warehouse, Williams was dismayed but unsurprised about the possibility of Community Forklift relocating.Smith said she worried that Templeton staff and families might struggle to reach Community Forklift if they move farther away.
The vacancy rate for industrial real estate in the D.C. metro area, including Northern Virginia and suburban Maryland, is 3.5 percent as of June 2022, according to
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