 Construction crews will be working in downtown Brainerd all summer long on South 6th Street, potentially hurting businesses in the area. The non-profit organization Brainerd Restoration has come up with a plan to help. It's called Detour Downtown. Our Anthony Scott has more. In Minnesota, there seems to be two seasons, winter and construction season. This is especially true in downtown Brainerd this summer, with South 6th Street getting entirely reconstructed, making it difficult for some commuters to get downtown. In an effort to keep business booming this summer, Brainerd Restoration is raising money to host several events in the downtown area. We've got this crowdfunding campaign going with Min Starter June 1st through the 30th, and then the events will kick off in July. Their goal is $25,000, but Brainerd Restoration has more ideas if they can raise the funds. We have additional opportunities identified and funds that we'd like to raise, so if we raise more than our goal, we'll apply those to some of the other initiatives that we have going on. Some of the events already scheduled include a belly dancing performance, an art act that combines music with painting, a farmers market, and a mural that will be painted on this wall behind me, and many community members can help out and paint once the project gets going. This is not the first time business owners have seen construction in the area, and optimism is high that it will not affect business. In 09, we had a major construction. We redid all the infrastructure on the streets downtown here. We had 15-feet holes dug out in front of our store. We're at a destination, and if they want to come here, they'll figure a way how to get here. Brainerd Restoration understands the importance of having a great downtown and wants to continue to see Brainerd as a great spot for tourists. The efforts that have been going on in the last several years for restoration and making it a destination is really important because people look for that core business district. The mayor can't stress the importance of having a great downtown enough. If you don't have a good center of the city, pretty soon you become strictly a bedroom community, and we have too much going on in the city that you don't have a bedroom. Reporting from Brainerd, Anthony Scott, Lakeland News. Brainerd Restoration is about 80% of the way to their goal of $25,000. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.