The streetscape along South Park Place in Painesville is pictured on June 25. A city news release stated that a streetscape improvement project along the road is expected to last until mid-August. (Bryson Durst — The News-Herald)
Mmm Yummy opened on Painesville Square last July, and founder Belen Flores said that staff were looking forward to their first full summer in business this year.
But instead of increased foot traffic, she said the snack, sweet and meal shop at 76 S. Park Place has faced a decrease in sales since the start of construction in May on the city’s South Park Place streetscape improvement project.
“Before they started working we were doing very good,” she said. “We were very excited about this summer because it’s our first year here, so we were waiting on these months, but right now we are very, very slow.”
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