Victoria Avenue as another construction season blocks off traffic.The Victoria Avenue Infrastructure and Beautification Project is in its second and final year, but restricted streets coupled with coronavirus has shops like Brewed Awakening feeling the pinch now more than ever.“We still have some loyalty here, but it’s been tough between COVID-19 and now this,” said Brewed Awakening owner Ken MacMurchy ‘We’re drowning’: Construction woes continue for Victoria Ave.
businesses MacMurchy, who runs five Brewed Awakenings in the city, said the Victoria Avenue location is “at the bottom of the pile,” business-wise.While it’s tough to gauge if COVID-19 or the construction hurt business the most, he estimates the store’s revenue is down 80 per.