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San Anselmo council weighs later street closure for Live on the Avenue after merchants say early shutdown hurts business
Summary
Merchants urged the council to push the Live on the Avenue street closure back by 30 minutes, citing lost Friday afternoon sales. Council deferred a final decision and asked staff to return with public safety and cost details before approving changes.
The San Anselmo Town Council spent more than two hours on Jan. 28 debating whether to shift the town’s Live on the Avenue street closure from the current soft-close at 4:30 p.m. to 5 p.m., a change merchants said would protect late-afternoon sales on Fridays and Saturdays.
Supporters of a later closure told the council the current schedule “kills” retail on the avenue. Erin (Saks Consignment) said, “It is like a ghost town in front of my store. Normally on Fridays my business is booming. When On the Avenue starts, it is an absolute halt.” Merchants including Frank Gomez, Laurie Berliner, Stacy Colteaux and Belinda Wickwire echoed that argument and urged a 5 p.m. soft close so stores can keep serving customers through the busy late-afternoon…
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