好市多选定史密斯菲尔德开罗得岛州首店：州长候选人 Helena Foulkes 宣布，2028年起带来200多个岗位
民主党州长候选人、海伦娜·福尔克斯周四宣布，好市多（Costco）已选定史密斯菲尔德作为其在罗得岛州的首家门店选址。福尔克斯同时是好市多董事会成员，她在给 NBC 10 的声明中说："罗得岛终于要有好市多了！太多居民厌倦了开车去马萨诸塞购物，很快家门口就有店了。"该店将从2028年起为"海洋之州"带来200多个工作岗位。
声明未透露具体地块，但史密斯菲尔德镇议会主席约翰·塔索尼在 WPRO 电台节目中表示，门店将落户116 号与7 号公路交汇处的 Smithfield Peat 地块。罗得岛多年来一直争取引进这家仓储式会员店，此前曾提议克兰斯顿的多个选址，乔·保利诺还曾建议入驻普罗维登斯购物中心，均未果。好市多去年在马萨诸塞州沙伦开设的新店开业首日顾客盈门。
门店最终开业仍需完成土地审批与建设流程。
Costco Picks Smithfield for Its First Rhode Island Store: Gubernatorial Candidate Helena Foulkes Announces 200-Plus Jobs Starting in 2028
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Helena Foulkes announced Thursday that Costco has chosen Smithfield as the site of its first store in Rhode Island. Foulkes, who is also a Costco board member, said in a statement to NBC 10: 'Rhode Island is finally getting a Costco! Too many residents are tired of driving to Massachusetts to shop, and soon there will be a store close to home.' The store will bring more than 200 jobs to the 'Ocean State' starting in 2028.
The statement did not disclose the specific parcel, but Smithfield Town Council President John Tassoni said on a WPRO radio program that the store will be located on the Smithfield Peat property at the junction of Routes 116 and 7. Rhode Island has courted the warehouse retailer for years; earlier proposals for several sites in Cranston and a suggestion by Joe Paolino to locate at the Providence Place mall all came to nothing. A Costco that opened last year in Sharon, Massachusetts, drew crowds on its first day.
The store's eventual opening still requires completion of land approvals and construction.
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图片来源：好市多门店 / A Costco Wholesale store — Jacob Blanck, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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