SALISBURY, Md.- Competing petitions are circling Salisbury as some downtown business owners voice frustrations over the difficulties of having a business downtown.
Business owner Nicole Blackwater created the petition, called ‘Help Us Save Downtown Salisbury’, advocating the city change it’s zoning laws to allow the construction of more residential development.
“We are working to break the cycle that downtown Salisbury has been in for decades. It’s definitely been struggling for years,” said Blackwater. “This is our chance to break that cycle. When we have more development projects here, we are bringing more people, more businesses, more jobs. And what we’d really like to see more people downtown.”…