I thought I'd share this, as earlier in the year it seemed like a lot of woodcraft stores were closing, and possibly the Woodcraft Denver store as well. They were up for sale, that store, for a while, over a year I think. I had noticed a rather precipitous dropoff in customers in the store starting at least last year, maybe before that, and especially earlier this year I was concerned about the store closing. It has been my go-to place for most of my local woodworking needs since I got into woodworking in 2020.
I had to take a bit of a break with my woodturning starting in the spring this year, and I've recently been getting back into it. Visited this Wooscraft store for the first time a few weeks back, and have been in a few more times since. The place was really busy, lot of customers, lot of people chatting, for the first time in years the store felt like it did in 2020-2022 when I was in there a lot. Talked to one of the staff, and they said that particular Woodcraft store, officially "Woodcraft Denver" was bought by Woodcraft Supply, the parent company. It is no longer a franchise, it is direct owned by Woodcraft now. Sounds like the store is in good, stable condition, and will not be going anywhere any time soon, which was very welcome news.
This store also seems to have a full docket of woodworking classes again, which had petered off while they were up for sale, and I think this might be part of why the store is a busier place now: The workshop in the back seems to have something going on almost all the time again.
After all the closures of various Woodcraft stores the last couple years, I was quite concerned ours would be vanishing soon as well. For anyone who lives near South Peoria Street in Colorado, it looks like this store is here to stay for the foreseeable future! The Rockler also expanded a good bit the last couple of years, and have a much larger wood selection than they did before. So hopefully both stores are here to stay for the long term.
I had to take a bit of a break with my woodturning starting in the spring this year, and I've recently been getting back into it. Visited this Wooscraft store for the first time a few weeks back, and have been in a few more times since. The place was really busy, lot of customers, lot of people chatting, for the first time in years the store felt like it did in 2020-2022 when I was in there a lot. Talked to one of the staff, and they said that particular Woodcraft store, officially "Woodcraft Denver" was bought by Woodcraft Supply, the parent company. It is no longer a franchise, it is direct owned by Woodcraft now. Sounds like the store is in good, stable condition, and will not be going anywhere any time soon, which was very welcome news.
This store also seems to have a full docket of woodworking classes again, which had petered off while they were up for sale, and I think this might be part of why the store is a busier place now: The workshop in the back seems to have something going on almost all the time again.
After all the closures of various Woodcraft stores the last couple years, I was quite concerned ours would be vanishing soon as well. For anyone who lives near South Peoria Street in Colorado, it looks like this store is here to stay for the foreseeable future! The Rockler also expanded a good bit the last couple of years, and have a much larger wood selection than they did before. So hopefully both stores are here to stay for the long term.
