available, more people were interested in opening businesses in downtown. >> then i started working on streetscape projects. >> i'm brian spec, the founder of bad boys bistro. i've been here for four years. >> have you seen the community chains since you've been here. >> prior to some of the stuff getting done here, it was friday nights, one or two cars. now the streets are full. >> what did the sidewalks look like before they were repaired? >> terrible. >> like they were uneven? >> uneven, cracks, in disarray. >> i was literally in the visitors bureau one day and said where is downtown bedford? oh, boy, this is not good. we've gotten over $1.3 million that we've put back into our downtown and we redid sidewalks, put in pedestrian light, welcome banners, signage. >> fixing the sidewalk is great but can it really change everything? do those little things really change everything? >> they do. everything that happens in a small community like this definitely helps business in every way. >> we do a lot of marketing and