Some small business owners in Seattle are having meetings with one another to try and find solutions to a recent surge of break-ins and drug use in Belltown.
SEATTLE — Business owners in Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood say a surge in crime and open-air drug use over the past several months is driving away customers, damaging storefronts and costing them tens of thousands of dollars. Some are now questioning whether the city’s response is effective.
Jessica Gifford, owner of the longtime speakeasy Bathtub Gin, described daily concerns outside her business.
“People smoking crack, doing drugs. You can see them like handing money out and doing
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