Subtitles section Play video Print subtitles 3 3 EMILY:..FIRST AT NOON -- A MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT THIS MORNING.ART VAN IS BECOMING A THING OF THE PAST.TOM:..THE COMPANY IS SHUTTING DOWN OPERATIONS AND WILL START LIQUIDATING ITS ASSESTS áTOMORROW. 3 NEWS 8'S DONOVAN LONG LEADS OUR COVERAGE THIS AFTEROON LIVE FROM THE ART VAN ON 28TH STREET IN GRAND RAPIDS. DONOVAN? 3 DONOVAN:..EMILY AND TOM--ART VAN IS CLOSING ITS DOORS FOR GOOD--AFFECTING THIRTY-ONE HUNDRED WORKERS IN THE MIDWEST. WE'RE TOLD THE COMPANY IS GOING OUT OF BUSINESSES BECAUSE IT HAS STUGGLED TO KEEP UP IN A COMPETITVIE RETAIL ENVINRONEMNT. 3 AS A RESULT--THE COMPANY WILL BEGIN LIQUIDATING ALL OF ITS STORES TOMRROW.THAT INLCUDES SEVEN ART VAN LOCATION AND SIX PURE SLEEP LOCATIONS IN WEST MICHIGAN. YOU CAN SEE WHERE THEY ARE LOCATED RIGHT NOW ON YOUR SCREEN. 3 WE'RE TOLD LEVIN FURNITURE AND WOLF FURNITURE STORES, WHICH ART VAN ACQUIRED THREE YEARS AGO, WILL BE SOLD BACK TO ROBERT LEVIN, PENDING COURT APPROVAL.ART VAN FURNITURE STARTED IN 1959 AS A SINGLE STORE IN DETRIOIT. A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE COMPANY SAYS SHE EXTENDED A SINCERE APPRECIATION TO THE EMPLOYEES FOR THEIR DEDICATION, COMMITMENT AND HARD WORK AND IS GRATEFULT TO ALL THE CUSTOMERS WHOV'E SUPPORTED THE COMPANY. 3 (( DIANE CHARLES / ART VAN SPOKESPERSON // THIS IS A VERY SAD DAY FOR ART VAN AND THE STATE OF MICHIGAN. FOR DECADES WE HAVE BEEN IN PEOPLE'S HOMES AND NOW WE WON'T BE. IT'S NOT JUST IMPACTING EMPLOYEES, BUT COMMUNITIES. REMEMBER, WE DO SUPPORT THINGS LIKE THE PARADE AND THE SPORTS COMPLEX AND HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF CHARITIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF MICHIGAN )) 3 DONOVAN:.. 3 DONOVAN:..ART VAN FURNITURE OPERATES NEARLY 200 STORES IN SEVERAL MIDWEST STATES AND IN IOWA PENNSYLVANIA VIRGINIA AND PENNSYLVANIA IOWA PENNSYLVANIA VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND.THE MAN WHO FOUNDED THE COMPANY-ART VAN ELSLANDER-DIED TWO YEARS AGO.LIVE IN GRAND RAPIDS DONOVAN LONG L 3 EMILY:..YOU HEARD DIANE CHARLES MENTION THIS DURING HER INTERVIEW WITH DONOVAN... HERE IN WEST MICHIGAN, ART VAN HAS BEEN MORE THAN JUST A FURNITURE STORE. 3 FOR YEARS THEY HAVE SPONOSORED THE ART VAN SANTA PARADE THROUGH DOWNTOWN GRAND RAPIDS. THIS IS VIDEO FROM OUR BROADCAST OF THE PARADE LAST NOVEMBER. 3 ART VAN ALSO SPONSORED THE SPORTS COMPLEX THAT OPENED IN 2014 IN ROCKFORD.THERE ARE EIGHT BASEBALL FIELDS AT THE FACILITY -- THAT HOSTS TOURNAMENTS THROUGHOUT THE WARMER MONTHS.BOTH THE PARADE AND SPORTS COMPLEX WILL NOW BE LOOKING FOR NEW SPONSORS.WE'LL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THIS STORY
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