City grant giving Albuquerque businesses money to rebuild [Video]

AND THE 80S. WELL, VANDALISM IS A BIG ISSUE IN ALBUQUERQUE AND BUSINESSES ARE SUFFERING, BUT THE CITY SAYS IT MAY HAVE A SOLUTION. JULIAN PETTUS SPOKE WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES ABOUT HOW THE CITY IS GETTING INVOLVED. THAT’S RIGHT GUYS. SO IT’S CALLED THE WINDOW TO OPPORTUNITIES. GRANT. A WINDOW TO OPPORTUNITY. SPECIFICALLY, THE GOAL OF IT IS TO HELP LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY VANDALISM, EVEN IF IT IS TO HELP WITH SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS A BROKEN WINDOW. I FIRST MOVED TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. I BUILT THIS BUILDING ABOUT 20 YEARS, 25 YEARS AGO, AND IT WAS A GREAT LOCATION. IT’S A GOOD LOCATION, BUT IN THOSE TWO DECADES, ROBERT GORMAN SAYS HE’S BEEN A VICTIM OF VANDALISM TIME AND TIME AGAIN. I’VE HAD THIS WINDOW OVER HERE BROKEN, THAT WINDOW OVER THERE BROKEN, HE SAYS. THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE INCIDENTS OF PEOPLE SLEEPING ON HIS …