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Downtown businesses, residents urge Irving council to act on Main Street safety and homelessness
Summary
Multiple downtown business owners and residents told the Irving City Council during public comment that visible homelessness, open drug activity and repeated sanitation problems on Main Street are harming safety and commerce and urged stepped-up enforcement and services.
Residents and business owners urged the Irving City Council on July 10 to step up enforcement and services after months of public-safety problems and what they described as visible homelessness on Main Street.
The comments focused on downtown sanitation, public drug use and a string of criminal incidents. Joanne Gowen, owner of Glory House Catering at 109 South Main Street, said increased police presence has produced noticeable improvements but urged the council to resist restoring downtown benches that, she said, encourage long-term sitting…
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