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Downtown biz say foot traffic is up, but more needs to be done on revitalization

As more people return to the office in the city’s core this fall, some downtown businesses are cautiously optimistic, but feel that more needs to be done to push downtown revitalization. Anish Mehra, owner of East India Company, which has a location on Somerset Street West, said he’s hoping to...
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