{"id":28988,"date":"2017-10-30T10:53:08","date_gmt":"2017-10-30T14:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=28988"},"modified":"2017-10-30T10:53:08","modified_gmt":"2017-10-30T14:53:08","slug":"radioshack-store-re-opens-offers-ham-radio-classes-makers-space-and-educational-outreach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/radioshack-store-re-opens-offers-ham-radio-classes-makers-space-and-educational-outreach\/","title":{"rendered":"RadioShack store re-opens: offers ham radio classes, Maker’s Space and educational outreach"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Many corporate RadioShack stores, like the one above in North Carolina, closed after headquarters filed for bankruptcy.<\/p><\/div>\n

I love it!<\/em><\/strong> Yet another story of a RadioShack store finding opportunity and serving their community in the wake of bankruptcy.<\/p>\n

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Troy Riedel, for sharing this article from The Citizen Tribune:<\/a><\/p>\n

It is not often that you see a company go out of business and quickly reopen in the same location, but that is exactly what Jeff Pederson and Trevor \u201cReed\u201d Freers have done with the Jefferson City RadioShack.<\/p>\n

Freers was the manager of the original store for six years before RadioShack went bankrupt and closed all of its stores nationwide.<\/p>\n

\u201cI saw a lot of people lose their jobs,\u201d Freers said. \u201cAs the marketing manager, I was the one who had to let a lot of those people go. It was really sad.\u201d<\/p>\n

Freers\u2019s store was one of the last to close as they continued to do well under his high level of customer service, which often including going to customers\u2019 homes to make sure they were satisfied with their purchases and helping customers set up or troubleshoot new devices.<\/p>\n

\u201cRunning this store, I really grew to love the community,\u201d Freers, who is originally from Kansas City, Missouri, said.<\/p>\n

When Pederson contacted him about managing a privately owned RadioShack in the same location, Freers was excited at the chance to get back to doing what he loves.<\/p>\n

[…]The newest addition to the store, unique to the Jefferson City location, is the area Freers named the \u201cMakers\u2019 Space.\u201d<\/p>\n

This open area of the store will be home to the many classes the store now offers, such as soldering classes, drone classes and monthly training sessions on how to set up and use a cell phone.<\/p>\n

Freers has already partnered with a local gym which has requested a monthly class teaching older participants how to set up their Facebook profiles, as well at the Lakeway Amateur Radio Club to offer HAM Radio classes.<\/p>\n

Schools and other learning programs are welcomed to use the area for classes, and Freers will also make himself available to travel to schools to teach those classes.[…]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Click here to read the full article at The Citizen Tribune.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I love it! Yet another story of a RadioShack store finding opportunity and serving their community in the wake of bankruptcy. Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Troy Riedel, for sharing this article from The Citizen Tribune: It is not often that you see a company go out of business and quickly reopen in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,714],"tags":[380,2564,4581],"class_list":["post-28988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-retailers","tag-radioshack","tag-radioshack-closures","tag-troy-riedel"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-7xy","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":27789,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/radioshack-franchises-expand-in-wake-of-corporate-bankruptcy\/","url_meta":{"origin":28988,"position":0},"title":"RadioShack franchises expand in wake of corporate bankruptcy","author":"Thomas","date":"August 29, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: Twice.com via Tom Hacker) RadioShack\u2019s second bankruptcy in two years may have brought its company-owned stores to the edge of oblivion, but it has apparently sparked a renaissance among the chain\u2019s approximately 425 independent franchisees. 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