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Price Hill merchants tell city ICE raids and street crime have cut customers and left owners fearful
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Business owners and community leaders from East Price Hill told the Healthy Neighborhoods Committee that recent ICE activity near Warsaw Avenue and recurring street-level theft and vandalism have driven away customers, reduced daily revenue and prompted requests for coordinated city support and outreach.
Business owners and neighborhood leaders from Price Hill told the Cincinnati Healthy Neighborhoods Committee that recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity near a Kroger on Warsaw Avenue and recurring street-level theft and vandalism have reduced customers, cut daily revenue and left some storeowners fearful of delivering services.
Amber Cassam, president of the East Price Hill Improvement Association, said business owners have privately funded building stabilizations and facade improvements but now need more city support as foot traffic and customer visits have dropped. ‘‘I came down here on my lunchtime ... I hope our community can be supported and protected by you,’’ Cassam told the committee.
Don Dreehaus, a West Price Hill…
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