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At the Re:Purpose Savannah warehouse on the coastal city’s east side, staff and volunteers spent a recent morning unloading wooden panels from a pickup truck, reglazing old windows and using a metal detector to find and pull out nails in used wood.
“The materials come from the historic buildings that we lovingly deconstruct,” explained Jordan Lynch, the organization’s salvage manager. “We salvage every piece that does not have bug damage, dry rot or water damage.”
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