The city of Antioch is hoping that grants to business owners struggling in high crime areas will not only help those businesses, but reduce crime itself.
ANTIOCH – 'Actually, they took our cash register,' said Sung Chang, owner of Delta Fair Cleaners. 'They took whatever. They came out and took everything.'It was midnight on July 4th when burglars cleared out Sung Chang's drycleaning business. The police came at six in the morning.'Later, police told me they were sorry they couldn't show up right away,' Chang told CBS News Bay Area. 'Not enough people. So we had to wait, maybe five or six hours.
The idea is that sprucing things up will make shopping more appealing. More shoppers will help businesses and deter crime, officials hope.'Directly helping merchants by helping the outside of their buildings, look like the rest of the city,' said Brett Sweet. 'Try to take it up a notch.''I called many times for that grant program,' Chang said. 'But nobody answered me.
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