AUBURN — The Share Center, a Lewiston-Auburn office supply and dry goods clearinghouse, will relocate to the grounds of the East Auburn School over the next several weeks.

“It’s not as big a space as we’ve had, but it’s a very nice place and we’re grateful to have it,” Director Diane Doe said.

She said the center’s board worked out an agreement with the Auburn School Department this week. They will move into a modular building in the back of the school, near the new home of the Auburn Land Lab.

“We think we should be able to firm up an exact moving day by the middle of next week,” Doe said. “We’re not even sure exactly when we’ll open. We’re still trying to figure that all out.”

The Share Center takes donated supplies, including office supplies, rolls of paper, tape, stickers and arts and craft supplies, from local businesses. Schools, teachers and nonprofits can take supplies for little or no charge.

Doe said the center, when it moves, won’t have as much shopping space as it does now, but she plans to store overflow supplies in a Bates Mill warehouse.

“We know all of the stuff that people love and the stuff that only a few people want,” she said. “We’ll have everything on hand that teachers and nonprofits love. For other things, we may have to make arrangements to bring it in. But it should sill be available.”

Doe said the center will continue to be open for limited hours in the Great Falls building until the move is complete. The hours will change from week to week, she said. The regular weekly schedule, 1-6 p.m. on Tuesdays and Wednesdays will resume Aug. 16. Doe said the center would make an announcement before it opens at the East Auburn location.

The Share Center is the last tenant from the west end of the Great Falls Arts Center to find a new home. The city plans to tear down the west end of the building. Councilors have approved a 99-year lease with Lewiston-Auburn Community Little Theatre, giving the group control of the east end of the building.

The city plans to begin taking bids in the next few weeks to demolish the western portion. The new, smaller Great Falls Arts Center will include ample off-street parking and should be less expensive to heat and maintain.

The eastern portion of the building is home to the theater and its costume storage space, the gym, art studios, exercise spaces and vacant offices.

The western portion was home to a wide array of tenants. In May, the tenants included two dance schools, an exercise instructor, a pottery studio, the Maine Franco-American Genealogical Library and the Share Center.

All have found new homes. Dance Center LA owner Elizabeth Hansen and her husband bought the former Merrill Hill School at the corner of Court Street and Western Avenue and relocated there. They are renting room to the Mud Room pottery studio and exercise instructor Glen Adkins.

The Camire School of Dance relocated to 253 Washington St. and the genealogical library has moved to 217 Turner St., renting space from The Fortin Group.

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