Uptown businesses face challenges of crime and homelessness [Video]

GIRLS. IT’S HARD. WELL, FRUSTRATION FOR SMALL BUSINESSES ACROSS THE DUKE CITY FACING THE TWIN CHALLENGES OF CRIME AND THE IMPACTS OF HOMELESSNESS. REPORTER ALYSSA MUNOZ SPOKE TO SOME IN UPTOWN WHO HAVE HAD ISSUES MULTIPLE TIMES, INCLUDING THIS WEEKEND. YEAH, SASHA, WHILE BUSINESSES TELL ME THERE HASN’T BEEN AN IMPACT ON CUSTOMERS YET, DEALING WITH THE AFTERMATH IS STILL A BURDEN. SHATTERED WINDOWS, BROKEN LOCKS. THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE PROBLEMS AT HAND IN UPTOWN. I’M TRYING TO SUPPORT MAYBE 80 PEOPLE HERE WHEN WE GET GOING AND DURING FOOTBALL SEASON, AND THAT’S WHERE THE MONEY NEEDS TO GO, NOT TO CONSTANTLY FIXING WINDOWS AND WORRYING ABOUT SECURITY. BOTH ADAM CRAFT, OWNER OF UPTOWN SPORTS BAR, AND ROSLYN HERNANDEZ, OWNER OF RISE NUTRITION, ARE FED UP. HERNANDEZ SAYS SOMEONE TRIED TO BREAK IN JUST A FEW DAYS AGO BUT FAILED. $300 LATER, WE GOT IT TAKEN CARE …