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Resilience Of Lake Street Businesses On Full Display 4 Months After Unrest

More than 400 businesses were damaged, according to Allison Sharkey, the executive director of the Lake Street Council.

By David Schuman

October 1, 2020

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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The business owners of Lake Street in Minneapolis are showing their resiliency following this summer’s unrest.

More than 400 businesses were damaged, according to Allison Sharkey, the executive director of the Lake Street Council. She says more than half have re-opened.

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Julian Ocampo and his family own one of those businesses, a restaurant called Los Ocampo near Lake Street and Chicago Avenue. Ocampo says the restaurant was heavily damaged, and windows were broken out at a different property the family owns near Lake Street and Bloomington Avenue.

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