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Helotes business owners urge city to create notification system after unannounced Old Bandera Road closures
Summary
Owners of Spread the Loaves and other residents told Helotes council unannounced road closures for events left businesses without access and cost the bakery about 11% in sales on the affected day; commenters asked the city to require earlier notice to businesses and to consider adding public restroom facilities on the north side of Old Town.
At the Nov. 13 Helotes City Council meeting, small-business owners from Old Town urged the city to create a notification system for road closures after an unannounced closure of Old Bandera Road for a permitted 5K redirected customers and disrupted a bakery's busiest day.
Sophie Jeffrey, co-owner of Spread the Loaves (14743 Old Bandera Road), said she discovered signs staged at side roads and that customers…
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