Back in February 2022, when Piroshky Piroshky owner Olga Sagan closed her Third Avenue location, it was seen as a symptom of everything going wrong downtown. Sagan told the Seattle Times that sales at that location had gone down 85 percent compared to pre-pandemic levels, and people were using drugs in the store’s doorway. When a man was shot to death around the block, it was the final straw.
The bakery reopened in December as downtown crime rates fell, but Sagan apparently feels that the city government isn’t doing enough to help business owners and the downtown community. On Tuesday, May 16, she launched a campaign for City
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