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Downtown business owner warns council about trash, dog waste and fading foot traffic ahead of festival
Summary
A downtown business owner told the council that multiple businesses are closing or reducing hours, that alleys and passageways behind Market Street merchants are littered with trash and dog waste ahead of a weekend international festival, and urged the city to do more to maintain public areas and support small businesses.
At the Oct. 14 meeting, downtown business owner Deborah Spear used the persons-requests-to-be-heard period to warn council that business conditions on Market Street were worsening and that city cleanup and enforcement were insufficient.
Spear told council that “we all know that this week, one business closed, one business announced their closing, and two more [are] talking about closing at year’s end.” She said…
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