The craft store chain is shuttering permanently\u2014 including a dozen Georgia shops\u2014 leaving employees jobless and DIY communities without local fabric hubs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\ud83d\udccc Why It Matters:<\/strong> Thousands of Georgians who relied on Joann\u2019s for last-minute sewing supplies or crafts now face limited in-person options, while workers at 12 locations lose steady paychecks in a tightening retail job market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \ud83d\udd28 What\u2019s Happening:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \ud83d\udccd Store List:<\/strong> \u26a0\ufe0f Critical Detail:<\/strong> Gift cards expire this Friday\u2014February 28\u2014five months earlier than initially promised during February bankruptcy hearings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \ud83d\uded2 The Big Picture:<\/strong> Joann\u2019s collapse is just another in the erosion of brick-and-mortar retailers, as younger customers increasingly favor Amazon for basic supplies and niche online shops for specialty items. Competitors include Michaels and Hobby Lobby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n[mailerlite_form form_id=13]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The craft store chain is shuttering permanently\u2014 including a dozen Georgia shops\u2014 leaving employees jobless and DIY communities without local fabric hubs. \ud83d\udccc Why It Matters: Thousands of Georgians who relied on Joann\u2019s for last-minute sewing supplies or crafts now face limited in-person options, while workers at 12 locations lose steady paychecks in a tightening […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":948,"featured_media":217807,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[17285],"class_list":["post-217806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-economy","tag-joann","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/948"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=217806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217806\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=217806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=217806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=217806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
These Georgia locations are closing, per court documents:<\/em>
\u2022 Alpharetta<\/a>: 965 North Point Dr.
\u2022 Athens: 3055 Atlanta<\/a> Highway
\u2022 Brunswick: 137 Golden Isles Plaza Parkway
\u2022 Conyers: 1380 Dogwood Drive
\u2022 Cumming: 540A Lakeland Plaza
\u2022 Douglasville: 9439 Highway 5
\u2022 Duluth: 2255 Pleasant Hill Rd, Ste 200
\u2022 Fayetteville: 250 Pavilion Parkway
\u2022 Macon: 5080 Riverside Dr, Ste 1300
\u2022 Newnan: 1074 Bullsboro Dr, Unit 6
\u2022 Snellville: 1630 Scenic Hwy N, Ste O
\u2022 Warner Robins: 2951 Watson Blvd<\/p>\n\n\n\n