The reopening of downtown's largest store has come not a moment too soon for nearby small businesses.

In addition to destroying the four shops, several nearby businesses were forced to close.

Owners of nearby businesses and several residents said they hardly knew the store's workers because it had just opened.

Visitors can browse by location and service to find nearby small businesses.

The plan is to have a year-round, 11-hour-a-day school that will serve people who work in a nearby business.

Another option would be to lease out the space to a nearby business as additional office or meeting space.

But there were many successful nearby businesses before 9/11.

The recent violence has also proven troublesome for nearby businesses.

Customers and employees of the nearby businesses were interviewed with no success.

Some nearby businesses have complained about the noise level.