'You look for the low hanging fruit. The low hanging fruit is trade with Mexico,' Nogales Mayor Arturo Garino said. 'How do we get more Mexican nationals to come over here and do business? Shop and eat in restaurants, stay in hotels?'
NOGALES, Ariz. — Businesses in the historic heart of Nogales count on the patter of footsteps on the sidewalks to earn their profits.
"It's like 40 businesses on the street, let alone what's on Grand Avenue," Bruce Bracker shared."They all depend on pedestrian crossings." Bracker said the struggle to maintain this client base started even before he and other small business owners had to temporarily close their stores. For Bracker, long lines at the entry ports in the past persuaded many of his customers to shop elsewhere, or keep their purchases in Mexico.
This past November, the Nogales Chamber of Commerce revealed at least 20 downtown stores closed for good. Garino said his sense of the economy is big box businesses, open on main drags like Mariposa Road, have not suffered the same financial hits as mom-and-pop shops. "You look for the low hanging fruit. The low hanging fruit is trade with Mexico," he said."How do we get more Mexican nationals to come over here and do business? Shop and eat in restaurants, stay in hotels?"
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