Some downtown Raleigh restaurants are open for outdoor dine-in services. | Stock Photo
Some downtown Raleigh restaurants are open for outdoor dine-in services. | Stock Photo
After protests in downtown Raleigh and impacts from the COIVD-19 pandemic, city leaders and key organizations said it is important to restore the area to where it once was before the virus and rallies for social justice.
The Downtown Raleigh Alliance agreed with municipal policymakers during a city council meeting and made it a goal to restore the downtown, CBS 17 reported on Aug. 18. The city and alliance want to restore the downtown to a safe place for community members to spend time and dine.
Currently, a third of Raleigh-based downtown businesses are closed and have boarded windows to protect storefronts from the protests.
Officials said glass was on backorder and that they will be preserving the boards for the artwork left on them, CBS 17 reported. The alliance even has four ambassadors starting to focus on the area this month.
“Let’s try new things, they won’t all work out, but we have to be open to being innovative and trying new things,” Assistant City Manager Jim Greene told CBS 17.
While many business are shut down, there are still more than 100 operating in some way.
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