Katie Schneider, owner of Trailside Coffee Company, Friday, Jan. 19, 2024, makes a coffee drink inside her business in downtown Springdale. A planned sewer project needed for the new Hilton Hotel will require Emma Avenue at Spring Street to be dug up for a couple of days and the area to be a work zone for 30-45 days, something that concerns Schneider whose business is among several in the area that have been affected by work downtown. Visit nwaonline.com/photo for today's photo gallery.
(NWA Democrat-Gazette/Andy Shupe)
SPRINGDALE -- Connecting a planned hotel for 203 E. Emma Ave. to the city's sewer system will require a new line crossing Emma, and a number of downtown business owners are upset at the prospect of more construction disrupting their operations.
