As Police and Protesters Stand Off, Uptown Businesses Struggle Lake and Hennepin business owners grapple with another wave of protests and fear.
Entering Uptown from 31st and Hennepin on Tuesday afternoon, it felt like a fairly normal June day: Buses running, cyclists pedaling, and pedestrians on the sidewalks.
But a block away at Lake Street and Hennepin Avenue, around 20 protesters stood peacefully on the crosswalk between Juut Salonspa and Seven Points (formerly Calhoun Square), blocking traffic from going eastbound on Lake towards the parking ramp where Winston Smith was shot and killed by law enforcement on June 3.
For the retailers and restaurants that call Uptown home, these disruptions to traffic flow are just fanning the growing flames. The past year-plus has been unwaveringly challenging, many business owners say. Between Covid, unrest and looting after George Floyd’s death a year ago, and now, Winston Smith’s death and the subsequent protests, Uptown b
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