LYNNWOOD—Lynnwood REI’s brand-new location held its grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony Friday morning, April 4, to a crowd of patrons eager to explore the co-op’s doubled capacity.
After 20-years of serving the community of Lynnwood at Alderwood Mall, the Kent-based outdoor and recreation co-op identified a need for more space – to fulfill the needs of its faithful customers/members with the products they were looking for.
As the only north-end store between Seattle and Bellingham, the Lynnwood REI has served Snohomish County outdoor enthusiasts for years but felt the limited space at Alderwood, as well as the parking limitations, was holding them back from serving their community to the best of their ability.
“They earned it. They came in and they were buying what we had when they could, they would order online if they could, they would return the things that didn’t work out that they had to order online as they needed,” Nikki Mashapure, General Manager at Lynnwood REI, told the Lynnwood Times. “We just kept hearing this need for more product and a broader assortment to meet their needs of what they were looking for.”…