Adding multi-unit housing may change the feel of a mom-and-pop-y downtown, in other words, but not as dramatically as a Main Street full of empty storefronts.

Source: https://downeast.com/issues-politics/what-we-talk-about-when-we-talk-about-character/

An ardent opponent of the LRT project, Malabre says she'd rather see money spent on homelessness, empty storefronts and other social issues that are obvious downtown.

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/lrt-business-concerns-1.6721259?cmp=rss

Another two storefronts are being renovated in hopes of attracting new tenants as well.

Source: https://www.bangordailynews.com/2023/05/28/news/midcoast/searsport-business-renaissance-downtown-joam40zk0w/

Authorities say a driver repeatedly rammed into two storefronts, leaving shattered glass strewn across the parking lot, before taking off.

Source: https://abc7.com/los-feliz-businesses-damaged-driver-crashes/13918441/

But the stillness had less to do with the weather and more with the multiple empty storefronts.

Source: https://m.startribune.com/minneapolis-uptown-might-be-coming-back-but-not-in-the-way-youd-expect/600261627/

But the traffic pattern finally settled on a giant queue that would run like a long snake through the front of the commercial storefronts, marching past the car repair shop before spilling out at the Loaf ‘N Jug.

Source: https://gazette.com/pikespeakcourier/my-year-in-a-one-room-schoolhouse-running-with-ruth/article_68f628c4-ed09-11ed-90d3-17d6be0331fd.html

“By the time I got to the door I turned around and my daughter was three storefronts down.

Source: https://arktimes.com/eat-arkansas/2023/04/07/tornado-sheltering-in-the-walk-in-tales-of-safety-and-hospitality-from-little-rock-restaurant-coolers

Capcom also reportedly expects 90% of those sales to come from digital storefronts.

Source: https://gamerant.com/capcom-sales-records-2022-2023/

Eschewing the billboards, posters, and painted storefronts that usually define political campaigns in Guatemala, Arévalo’s Semilla party had run an unorthodox operation that played out mainly in the ether.

Source: https://theintercept.com/2023/09/10/bernardo-arevalo-guatemala-election/

Even St-Denis St., long plagued with empty storefronts, has seen its vacancy rate fall from 24 per cent in 2020 to about 16 per cent, according to the general manager of its SDC.

Source: https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/while-some-montreal-streets-boom-downtown-is-dotted-with-vacant-storefronts-1.6706179

Fans have taken to online digital storefronts and sites like Metacritic to hit the game with a wave of low scores and negative comments.

Source: https://gamerant.com/dr-disrespect-praises-star-wars-jedi-survivor/

“Given the increase in people working from home, especially in nonurban areas, brick-and-mortar storefronts have seen a strong rebound,” Giffune adds.

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/rhettpower/2023/04/02/how-can-brands-emerge-triumphant-in-a-post-pandemic-world/

If Greensburg eventually finds a way to fill vacant storefronts in downtown, the city may have three Seton Hill students to thank.

Source: https://triblive.com/local/westmoreland/seton-hill-students-target-greensburgs-empty-storefronts-as-part-of-regional-initiative/

In late 2022, the BID tallied 95 retail vacancies among our area’s more than 400 storefronts.

Source: https://bankerandtradesman.com/bankers-help-will-be-key-to-downtowns-next-chapter/

In Moran’s leafy northwest Washington neighborhood, a profusion of rainbow flags and Pride Month bunting blossomed from windows and storefronts, as bright and cheery as the brilliant dogwoods and lustrous azalea bushes.

Source: https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2023-06-13/lgbtq-gay-republican-defends-gop-legislation-pride

In our experience, Asians don’t tend to do storefronts, though we did come across Chin Southern Baptist Church (Burmese and Chin) on Hawley Street on the West Side (the Chin are a mountain people by tradition, 80% Christian).

Source: https://www.buffalorising.com/2023/12/how-to-take-a-walk-in-buffalo-and-beyond-store-front-and-in-house-churches/

“Instead of respect for the law, we have seen … the proliferation of storefronts across New York City selling unlicensed, unregulated, untaxed cannabis products.”

Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2023/02/15/707891.htm

Investigators allege Law, who has been charged with two counts of counselling or aiding suicide, used a number of online storefronts to sell sold sodium nitrite.

Source: https://www.cp24.com/news/11-ontario-police-services-now-involved-in-kenneth-law-case-peel-police-say-1.6444247

Mona Patel asked staff if the registry can include vacant storefronts.

Source: https://www.niagarafallsreview.ca/news/council/2023/02/08/vacant-building-registry-to-target-zombie-properties.html

The event was held at Taylor Vose, a mixed-use development in South Orange that includes apartments, affordable housing units, and storefronts, perhaps symbolizing what Fulop would like to see become more widespread in the state.

Source: https://newjerseyglobe.com/governor/fulop-wants-to-double-affordable-housing-in-n-j/