Front doors of the Boutique are open to air out the smoke damaged building.
Richard Froese
South Peace News
An owner of a downtown building and business hit by fire has expressed her frustration.
“It is completely devastating,” says Jennifer Woodcock, owner of The Pin Cushion Boutique where contents were lost to smoke and some water damage in a fire early Aug. 15.
“I have put my heart and soul into providing a successful local business to the residents of High Prairie.
“To have someone take away everything that you have built in a senseless act that put seven lives in danger is atrocious.”
Woodcock has owned the building for three- and-half years and the business since 2004.
The store sustained a complete loss in inventory, she says in a written statement.
Volunteers started to take and remove stock Aug. 17 and to clean up the premises, so business can open soon, she says.
“We hope our loyal customers will be patient as we work to rebuild,” Woodcock says.
Despite the devastation, she is happy about some matters of the incident.
“We are so relieved that our tenants living in the apartments upstairs were not injured in the fire,” Woodcock says.
“Contents can be replaced, damages fixed and we are not going to let this dampen our spirits or take away our vision for The Pin Cushion Boutique.”
Volunteers take stock of inventory before it is removed from shelves.
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