For businesses in Toronto’s Greektown, late July normally represents a frantic time filled with last-minute food orders and planning for the city’s largest street festival.<\/p>\n
This year \u2014 after a shooting that left two dead and 13 injured in the heart of the Danforth \u2014 the community is spending more time\u00a0mourning than preparing.<\/p>\n
“We’ve been struck with an incredible tragedy,” said Greektown on the Danforth BIA spokesperson Howard Lichtman, who’s been organizing Taste of the Danforth for more than 10 years.<\/p>\n
“It’ll be with mixed emotions that we have the festival.”<\/p>\n
But with the festival’s 25th anniversary now just over two weeks away, Lichtman and neighbourhood businesses say they’re\u00a0resolved to move forward, honouring the shooting victims in the process.<\/p>\n
“I think it’s also important to demonstrate the resilience of the community,” Lichtman said. “We’ll walk those streets during the 25th anniversary with some sadness reflecting on what went on.”<\/p>\n
The festival organizers say they plan to honour the victims and commemorate the incident at some point during the festival, which runs from Aug.\u00a010 to 13 this year.<\/p>\n
Standing behind the counter of the bustling cafe Mocha Mocha, owner Marijan Tripkovic said doing something will be appropriate and necessary.<\/p>\n
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