Some downtown businesses fed up with vandals and thieves are considering moving on. What can be done about it?
… The chaos “makes operating very, very difficult,” said owner Sunan Spriggs, who started the shop in 2016 and has since added a Toronto location.
Spriggs attributes the crime and vandalism — which her store has dealt with constantly as well — to the nearby overdose prevention site and too many damaged and desperate souls on the streets. “When you have users, you have low-level drug dealers, and the users have to afford their habit.”
