সেন্ট পল ব্যবসা গ্র্যান্ড অ্যাভিনিউ পুনরায় খোলাকে স্বাগত জানায়
After five months of road construction that cut into business for some retailers, a section of Grand Avenue is set to reopen Tuesday. The city will host a celebration from 4 to 6 p.m. to mark the reopening of the area of Grand Avenue between Macalester and Wheeler streets. Jennifer Gordon is the director of operations at French Meadow Bakery and Cafe, located on Grand and Macalester Street South. She said the summer months with the road construction outside the restaurant “weren’t ideal.” “We were lacking in business — customers didn’t want to trek through the mess or weren’t understanding how to get through it,” Gordon said. “It’s been tough.” One company, Roseline’s Candles, didn’t survive the construction. It closed on August 31. Jennifer Gordon, the director of operations at French Meadow Bakery and Cafe on Grand Avenue and Macalester Street South in St. Paul, is seen on Monday. Grand Avenue between Macalester and Wheeler streets will reopen after a five-month road construction project. Regina Medina | MPR News reports that summer is the cafe’s busiest time. A silver lining, she said, was French Meadow’s patio out back, away from the construction. “When people did arrive, they still had a great experience on our patio,” Gordon said. “But it just brought fewer people here.” Gordon says business has been picking up in the last couple of weeks. Some companies prepared for the worst and were pleasantly surprised. Scott Farris is the co-owner of Wet Paint, an independent art supply store. The store, located on the corner of Cambridge Street and Grand Avenue, has been there for almost 50 years, Farris said. He said he thought the project would be devastating for business, but the art supplies on offer and the store’s location helped. “When they’re coming to an art supply store and they’ve already got their navigation system set to come to us and they only have to navigate the last block or two, they’re less likely to turn around and go to another art supply store,” Farris said. Scott Farris, co-owner of art supply store Wet Paint, stands inside the Grand Avenue store on Monday. MPR NewsFarris also says the north and south roads were open. “We’re right on the corner, so our customers just had to navigate that last little box,” he said. “We have a little parking lot in the back, which helps them with where to park when they do see us.” Farris also said the city communicated with him throughout the project.
প্রকাশিত: 2025-10-21 15:00:00
উৎস: www.mprnews.org
