Local businesses impacted by gusty conditions

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) - A wind advisory has been extended until Wednesday morning. For local businesses along Vista Chino and Gene Autry, this means more days of slow foot traffic and low sales.

“We’ve had a major decrease, probably about 80 percent of traffic coming into our particular business.”

Jerry Alcorn, Alcorn Adaptive Bike & Mobility Shop Owner

“When they close the streets, our sales go down to zero. So imagine, we have to pay rent every month, we have to pay bills, we have to pay insurance, all things that come with a business.”

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An issue, they say, gets worse every year. Road closures are keeping most people out of the area, including potential customers.

The impacts go far beyond customers, including making it difficult for employees to get to and from work and access to delivery services.

Business owners are asking for the city of Palm Springs to invest more resources into solving this problem.

“This needs to be open for people, convenience, our community, we’re not a 10,000 people community anymore, we’re grown substantially. They need to look at that, not act like it’s a part time community. We’re not part time anymore, we’re full time.”

Jerry Alcorn, Alcorn Adaptive Bike & Mobility Shop Owner

For the time being, some shops are having to look for alternative ways to keep business afloat, such as offering mobile services to bring services directly to their customers.

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