After 15 months, Good Harvest Market is closing its shop in the Historic Third Ward.
The store leased space from in an historic building owned by the Milwaukee Public Market.
A news release from owner Joe Nolan said, "Sales were negatively affected over the past year by the poor economy as well as sewer repairs in mid 2009, which often obliterated (our) storefront from view."
Good Harvest will offer all remaining food and health and beauty products at 20-40 percent off beginning Wednesday, February 10, and will close its doors "no later than Saturday, February 20."
"We have deep regret in announcing this closing, both from the core group of great customers we have, to our wonderful employees, some of whom will be losing their jobs and will be very missed." said Nolan.
"While our pre-opening research pointed to a successful location, it's apparent that the Third Ward area can't sustain a natural food store, at least at this time. With the increasing number of condos and apartments in the area, we hope that someone will consider our location for a food store, which would give residents a local option for their grocery dollars, rather than having to drive several miles away."
Good Harvest's Waukesha County location remains open.
A life-long and passionate community leader and Milwaukeean, Jeff Sherman is a co-founder of OnMilwaukee.
He grew up in Wauwatosa and graduated from Marquette University, as a Warrior. He holds an MBA from Cardinal Stritch University, and is the founding president of Young Professionals of Milwaukee (YPM)/Fuel Milwaukee.
Early in his career, Sherman was one of youngest members of the Greater Milwaukee Committee, and currently is involved in numerous civic and community groups - including board positions at The Wisconsin Center District, Wisconsin Club and Marcus Center for the Performing Arts. He's honored to have been named to The Business Journal's "30 under 30" and Milwaukee Magazine's "35 under 35" lists.
He owns a condo in Downtown and lives in greater Milwaukee with his wife Stephanie, his son, Jake, and daughter Pierce. He's a political, music, sports and news junkie and thinks, for what it's worth, that all new movies should be released in theaters, on demand, online and on DVD simultaneously.
He also thinks you should read OnMilwaukee each and every day.
