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Here's another Jo-Ann location closing

This one is in the old A&P building and next to the old La Fiesta.

There's already a Planet Fitness in Parkland Plaza, so we'll just have to see what happens here.

We talked about the GameStop on Broad River Road last month. I suspect this one in Garners Ferry Crossing probably closed about the same time. You can see that it was still there when Great Clips posted their 31 December 2024 closing sign, but it is definitely gone (and all the signage stripped) now.

As far as I can tell, the one at Woodhill is still open though.

(Hat tip to commenter Jason)

I ran across these pictures from 21 February 2010 showing the old two building City Market & Eccentricities Books.

Here is a link on the redevelopment of the buildings which are a restaurant and gourmet shop now.

This storefront at 10008 Two Notch has been a number of different restaurants over the past few years. The Baked Potato Factory took over from Good Greens sometime between March 2022 & March 2023.

It's not quite clear when this place closed. Looking at the Google reviews, they had been having trouble meeting their stated hours for a while, but the last reviews are tagged "three months ago", so I am going with January 2025. While I enjoy a baked potato every now and then, I never got around to trying them out, though the reviews also suggest the potatoes were pretty good and amply sized.

There seems to be some confusion online about the exact name of this chain, including whether the leading name is "Jo-Ann", or "Joann", and whether "Fabrics & Crafts" is officially part of the name or not. I went with Jo-Ann Fabrics & Crafts back in 2010 when this location moved from Garners Ferry Road to here in the Wal-Mart plaza on Two Notch.

The chain went into Chapter 11 back in March of 2024, coming out quickly, but slipped again in January of 2025, with the new owners moving to liquidate. A chain in the process of winding down doesn't have a lot of good-will anyway, but they apprently just lost a bit more in deciding they would no longer honor gift cards. This story lays out some of the details of the ongoing saga. I'm not sure I would toss the word "Beloved" in there, but then I'm not in the target demo.

I'm not sure how I clicked my camera into 1:1 instead of 4:3 mode, but you can definitely see the square photos!

(Hat tip to commenter Andrew)

I took these pictures in mid-May of 2024 and kept meaning to get back out to Red Bank to see that they had closed and what was there now, but in the event I go there so rarely I completely forgot about it. According to commenter Jimmy, they were scheduled to close in May (presumably at the end), and Google confirms that they are now gone.

(Hat tip to commenter Jimmy)

I remember this Krispy Kreme going back to high school days in the late 1970s. Lately it has seemed not to be open as late as the one near the former Myrtle Square Mall or the one in North Myrtle Beach, and I hadn't been in for a while. It was still a bit of a disappointment to see it closed and all papered over last December.

The Sun News says it actually closed in October. The company didn't provide them a reason, but it's not too far from other location I mentioned, so I suspect given traffic and staffing, it probably was just not worth it to them to keep it open.

According to this brief Columbia Star article, the Katie & Irwin Kahn Jewish Community Center opened to the general public in September of 2005. I get the impression from the writeup that the facility existed before that, perhaps associated with a particular local Jewish congregation. The center still has a web page here.

According to The State, Richland County purchased the center in December of 2024, and opened it as Richland County Wellness Center in the same month. The Wellness Center Page is here.

I'm not sure why The State article shows a proper sign on the building while when I drove by, there appeared to still be a temporary county banner over the original logo.

(Hat tip to commenter Sidney)

Tropical Grille followed Smashburger into this endcap when the burger chain closed here in 2019. I wasn't sure exactly what the theme of Tropical Grille was, but they characterize themselves with:

Savor the rich, authentic flavors of Cuban and Latin-inspired cuisine at Tropical Grille.

which sound pretty good (if a bit chicken-y for me).

Looking at their website, it's an upstate South Carolina chain with 9 other locations, this one having been the only one here in the Midlands after the Main Street location closed in 2012.
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I like the mascot!

(Hat tip to commenter Beth)

This storefront featured here back in 2010 when it ceased being a Food Lion, with Big Lots having moved in by September of 2011. Now with the ongoing Big Lots implosion, it will be vacant again in the near future.