CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WAND) - Thousands of students are moving in this week at the University of Illinois, and downtown business' are looking forward to the increase in traffic.
As you walk down Green Street in Champaign, you can clearly see the difference from earlier this Summer. There are many more cars driving, and even more people walking the streets.
Inside of Gameday Spirit, manager Cory Shumard says they enjoy the increase of business.
“I’m hiring for a reason. We’re trying to keep up with everything, trying to keep a lot of inventory out for everybody to look over and it’s a fun week.”
Many other shops around downtown are preparing for the week as well.
Local favorite, Caffe Paradiso explains how the business has been nonstop for a few days now.
“For the last five or so days since Sunday, we’ve been really really busy just from open to close we’ve been packed.”
Employees added, you should expect traffic to slow down around next week, being that classes begin on Monday.
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