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Downtown business owners urge council to suspend entertainment district amid late-summer decline and loitering complaints
Summary
Downtown business owners told council that loitering and lack of enforcement around the entertainment district are driving customers away; owners reported sales declines and urged council to repeal or suspend the district while the city improves enforcement.
Multiple downtown business owners and operators urged the council to act on enforcement and the planned entertainment-district ordinance after describing a pattern of loitering, drug use and disorder they said is harming customer traffic.
Judd Blunt, who identified himself as a downtown investor and operator of several restaurants, said his downtown restaurant experienced a 13% decline and that events had been canceled because of…
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