Even though motorists have to slip around detours on West Dearborn Street, Joni and Steve Boger of Art & Frame commended the contractor for keeping West Dearborn Street open. The Bogers, like other businesses along Dearborn, have kept their doors open during a slow September.
Arlene Bechtold welcomes customers to Sisters Unique Boutique on West Dearborn. Hers is not the only business that has kept its doors open while Dearborn Street gets a makeover.
Workers lay new decorative bricks Monday at the North Elm-Mango intersection with West Dearborn Street. The intersection should be completed by Oct. 11. The next intersection to get a makeover will be at Orange Avenue and West Dearborn.
While West Dearborn gets its makeover, construction has begun on the foundation of a band shell for Pioneer Plaza at 300 block of West Dearborn. But that’s not stopping the start of the fall-winter farmers markets along Dearborn. The first market day is set for Oct. 7.
ENGLEWOOD — The doors of shops are open all along West Dearborn Street and business owners won’t let construction close them to their customers.
The $7.7 million Sarasota County West Dearborn project is underway and calls for a complete makeover of West Dearborn Street from Old Englewood Road east to the Dearborn-Indiana Avenue (State Road 776) intersection.
Keep it Clean. Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd,
racist or sexually-oriented language. PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CAPS LOCK. Don't Threaten. Threats of harming another
person will not be tolerated. Be Truthful. Don't knowingly lie about anyone
or anything. Be Nice. No racism, sexism or any sort of -ism
that is degrading to another person. Be Proactive. Use the 'Report' link on
each comment to let us know of abusive posts. Share with Us. We'd love to hear eyewitness
accounts, the history behind an article.
Post a comment as anonymous
Report
Watch this discussion.
(0) comments
Welcome to the discussion.
Log In
Keep it Clean. Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd, racist or sexually-oriented language.
PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CAPS LOCK.
Don't Threaten. Threats of harming another person will not be tolerated.
Be Truthful. Don't knowingly lie about anyone or anything.
Be Nice. No racism, sexism or any sort of -ism that is degrading to another person.
Be Proactive. Use the 'Report' link on each comment to let us know of abusive posts.
Share with Us. We'd love to hear eyewitness accounts, the history behind an article.