Portland’s Greener Cleaner is closing after the owners failed to find a buyer.
The East Bayside cleaner, which specialized in wet-cleaning garments, opened more than four years ago.
The owners, Jason Wentworth and Sandrine Chabert, told customers in an email in June that they were looking for a buyer because “the reality of getting the business going” caused them to lose enthusiasm for the operation, although they retained their belief that their cleaning process was better for the environment than dry cleaning.
Wentworth declined to talk to a reporter when he was contacted Friday afternoon, but said the emails conveyed the couple’s thoughts and plans.
He said the business will close at 2 p.m. Saturday and will be open on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays the first two weeks in August from 8 a.m. to noon if customers are unable to pick up their clothes before Saturday afternoon.
The Greener Cleaner is at 115 Fox St. in Portland.
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