SASKATOON It looks like Saskatoon businesses are a step closer to being able to take their businesses outside again this spring. The Committee on Planning, Development and Community Services heard from local business leaders Monday morning who stressed the importance of extending the asphalt patio pilot program that was brought into effect last year as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Ben Quattrini is the director at The Boutique on Broadway Avenue and likes the idea of using the space in front of his store to sell his product. “It just gives us more area to accept our customers and work with our customers and all of those things and more space during Covid is always a good thing,” Quattrini told CTV News.