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TEMPE, AZ \u2014 Daily Jam has been a Mill Avenue fixture for years. This summer, it’s fighting to stay that way.<\/p>\n

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General Manager Jesse Salazar says sales are down 70 percent \u2014 a number he ties to ongoing construction, along with summer heat and fewer students in town, that has kept customers away from one of the Valley’s most iconic strips.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Businesses] ran by great people suffered and closed their businesses,\u201d Salazar said. \u201cLost their dreams because of construction.”<\/p>\n

The numbers tell a broader story. The Downtown Tempe Authority reports a 12 percent vacancy rate along the corridor, with a summer rewards program designed to drive foot traffic off to a slow start.<\/p>\n

Salazar wants to see help from the city and leaders in the local economy.<\/p>\n

When construction projects drag on for months on end, people tend to avoid the area, Salazar said.<\/p>\n

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“So how are we going to message to people that Mill is open for business?\u201d Salazar said. \u201cAnd when Mill is open for business, what does that look like?\u201d<\/p>\n

The Downtown Tempe Authority is already working with the city, the Chamber of Commerce and a PR firm on marketing campaigns designed to attract customers, authority President & CEO Lori Foster said.<\/p>\n

“Most of these businesses, over 65% are local, so they need that support,” Foster said. “I think we have about 8 or 9 businesses that will open in August, September. So that momentum is starting to turn.\u201d<\/p>\n

Construction wraps July 8. For Salazar, that’s when the real work begins.<\/p>\n

“It’s been absolutely devastating to a lot of people, and we want to get back to where Mill was,\u201d Salazar said. \u201cThe heartbeat of Tempe.”<\/p>\n

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After months of construction being just one factor keeping customers away from Mill Avenue businesses, places that have made it through hope a rebound is coming as construction nears its end.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2192,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tempe-news"],"yoast_head":"\nMill Avenue businesses brace for recovery as construction nears the end - Arizona Moving Insider<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/arizonamovinginsider.com\/?p=2193\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mill Avenue businesses brace for recovery as construction nears the end - 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