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Photo by Kelley Rytlewski

Best Trash-to-Treasure Stop

Heartening

You can’t get anything for a dollar anymore – dollar stores started edging past their price limits ages ago, and even a vending machine candy bar will have you coughing up some extra coinage. But you can get lots of things for $3 at local thrift shop Heartening, where that’s the price of every item! Founder Kelley Rytlewski was dismayed seeing loads of quality garments being tossed in dumpsters and decided to do something about it. Now thanks to her mission “to put clothing back into the community as cheaply and efficiently as possible,” including the shop and its free clothing stand, you can leave with an armload for $20 – about the cost of three candy bars – and feeling like a 100 Grand.