Second Harvest is excited to announce the upcoming opening of Harvest on Main Community Market, a brand-new nonprofit fresh food market designed to nourish our community and bring healthy, affordable food options back to Sharpsburg. Harvest on Main is on track to open its doors in early 2026. For decades Sharpsburg residents have struggled without easy access to fresh groceries. As one lifelong Sharpsburg resident told us, “I remember when there were a lot of little corner stores. We would go get penny candy and bread and lunch meat.” Now, says another neighbor, “I see many of [...]

Thanks to community members like you, our thrift store is thriving. But our dream from the beginning was always to be more than a store.

Thanks to community members like you, our thrift store is thriving. But our dream from the beginning was always to be more than a store.

Thanks to community members like you, our thrift store is thriving. But our dream from the beginning was always to be more than a store.

A light-filled corner table sits ready to host visitors. Shoppers check out new clothing in the boutique section. Executive director Bonnie DeMotte leans down to fix a piece of a clothing rack that has slipped out of place.

What began as a final wish to help her community has become a reality that has rallied many in neighborhoods along the Allegheny River and into the North Hills.

"A thrift store with so much more." That's how organizers describe Second Harvest, a discount shop set to open in Sharpsburg next year at the former Colortech lab at 8th and Clay streets.

Bonnie DeMotte stepped over a pile of tangled metal on Saturday afternoon inside a former photography business in Sharpsburg and looked at what was left of a restroom.