The Hatchery antique and second-hand store waits to welcome visitors. The store also carries a wide variety of consignment items that would appeal to men and women.

What do you do with a business that has reached the end of the line but you don't want to see fade away?
If you're Vonnie Bridgman, you simply hatch a new business plan.
That's how she came up with a new business to take over where the old Bridgman Hatchery left off.
After five generations of providing eggs and pullets throughout the Northwest region, changing market dynamics, an economic downturn, and a particularly sever winter in 1996, the Bridgman family decided to close the hatchery.
But Vonnie wasn't ready to see this icon of the lower valley agriculture scene be lost.

So, in 2009, the old hatchery came out of its shell to become The Hatchery, billing itself as offering "an eclectic blend of old, old (antique), old, new, and lightly used, but not abused items for men and women of all ages."
In short, it's now a second-hand and antique store. The Hatchery also has room to accommodate consignment items that fit with the store's merchandise mix.
To open the store, Bridgmen joined forces with family friends Fred De Graaf and Emma Gonzalez. Each of them brought their own vision to the new venture.
The result is that it's a place men and women can visit together, and each can find items tailored to their tastes, from tools and home improvement items to beautiful antiques and useful house wares.
The store, at 4541 Sheller Rd., in Sunnyside, is generally open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday.
The store can be reached at 509-837-6640.