Clothing is Portland, the vintage store is fighting after more than 80 breaks

Portland hours. (KPTV) -A Portland business owner is struggling after a recent burglary and left the clothing and the vintage store in The Red, the latest in a long string of breaks over the years, he says.

Wyatt Savage owns Pallet Portland on Southeast Hawthorne Boulevard, where he says he sells anything that arouses a “cultural curiosity”- sneakers, street clothing, skateboard, local labels, collector books and many more.

However, during a slowly slow season, a recent theft hit the store hard.

“They entered the light,” Savage said. “Every window here is either boarded or hindered. The only window that is not our light … they knew what they were doing for sure. “

That was January 8th. Security shootings show three people surrounding the building, trying to open the door and walking with tools. Savage said they swept the high-value items, losing it nearly $ 10,000.

“There are still things around,” Oh, do we have that? “And I’m like” Oh, no, no, “he said.

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Savage said he reported that he reported Portland police under no circumstances. Since the beginning of the business in 2019, he has moved the store four times to get rid of crime – from the Chinatown neighborhood in Portland, in the city center, to the Lloyd Center and, finally, to Hawthorne.

“We have been divided more than 80 times, and the insurance never covered it,” he said, citing vandalism and thefts that did not lead to arrests.

This most recent burglary was the first on Hawthorne. Savage had hoped to make his house permanent, but now, his plywood is a problem. He has each window embarking to avoid shattered bottle or robberies and does not feel safe, leaving the exposed store. However, he recently learned that councils to violate a city zoning ordinance that visibly require at least 50% of windows.

“Now is one of those things I don’t know what I will do,” Savage said.

He hopes for sales to rise to go to a security gate, but said he does not intend to go anywhere.

“I am born and raised here,” Savage said. “There are five generations – six generations, from Portland. My family’s name is on the construction crew plate at Rose Garden or Modest Center. I don’t want to give up my city. “

Savage started too A raising funds online In order to help with security costs and recovery, including staff members, he said he should let go.

Portland police did not make arrests in this case.