TILLAMOOK – Construction of a new Goodwill store near the Wilson River Bridge along U.S. Highway 101 in Tillamook is on schedule. The store is expected to open its doors in December, as originally planned.

The progress in the last few weeks has been tremendous, said onsite painting foreman Loren Canada. Inside, the walls are getting ready to be sheet rocked. Outside we’ve taken it from clean concrete to finish coats, which you see now. The awning guys have come in and done a great job. They’ll be done in a couple of days.

I see this place opening up in December like it’s supposed to, right on track.

Canada has years of experience working construction and painting on other projects very similar to Tillamook’s future Goodwill, and says some of the major reasons this particular project is going so well have to do with the people working on it.

This project is going a lot faster and smoother than most, Canada said. It’s LCG Pence, the contractor down here we’re working under is great. The safety here is beautiful and we’ have no issues at all.

Usually when we have painters on the job, it sets a pace because the painters need work and all the other work usually takes longer so the painters end up without things to do. That always keeps things moving.

With the pace on the construction site there will continue to be visible progress on building. Quick enough that some locals might drive by on their way to work, and have the building look dramatically different on their way back home at the end of the day.

Two weeks from now the parapet cap will be up, all the concrete curb will be poured around, the drive-through will be done, the windows will be installed, the asphalt will be done, the lamp post will be up, that’s how fast it happens.

The new store is expected to open in mid to late December, but no official opening date has been set.