Desert Ace Hardware team prepares reopening fiesta
Two years in the making, Desert Ace Hardware in Twentynine Palms, California, is inviting residents to its grand reopening fiesta event April 12-14.
On its Facebook page, Desert Ace Hardware wrote: “After remodeling, re-organizing, and moving every single product in the store here, there, and everywhere, we will reopen – and also the doors that have been closed for decades from our original 1960 building will become the new front entrance of Desert Ace Hardware.”
This town of 25,000 borders the Joshua Tree National Park in the California desert northeast of Palm Springs.
The original storefront, said Janet Kodish, store owner, “once an auto parts shop when I was a kid in the 1960s, has been totally transformed with the help of Jim Wheeler Construction,” said Kodish.
“Now it’s an outdoor living, shopping destination, with grills, BBQ rubs, and fuels; pool supplies; patio furniture; RV and camping supplies, cycling gear, gardening, and even chicken supplies. We can’t wait for folks to see it,” said Kodish.
“Our dedicated team at Desert Ace Hardware, led by Store Manager Kelly Corney, has been working on this expansion for two years,” said Kodish, who took over the store in 2018 from founders Sam and Harriet Kodish.
“With 2,500 more square feet of retail space, we’re thrilled that we’re able to lower prices on thousands of products throughout the store while bringing in the new items our customers have been asking for,” said the owner.
The hardware store said its giveaways and sales will begin Friday, April 12, with room makeover painting buckets.
Saturday, April 13, is the grand fiesta, said the hardware, where the first 200 customers will receive an Ace reusable shopping bag and 20% off everything that fits inside.
The day’s events continue, it said, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony with Twentynine Palms Mayor Steven Bilderain and City Council Members Octavious Scott and McArthur Wright, followed by free food, music, and product demos.
Other highlights include a live broadcast by K107.7 fm with DJ Cody; and Kids’ Earth Day crafts.
Plus, Copper Mountain College construction trades program instructors will be on site answering questions for anyone interested in getting into the skilled trades, said the hardware store.
“We are grateful for the community’s support over the years and look forward to welcoming everyone to our new space with special sales and events throughout the weekend,” said Kodish.
