INDIANAPOLIS Community leaders and business owners on Indianapolis east side are rallying to keep a controversial liquor store permanently closed, saying its absence has brought peace to the neighborhood.

Daves Cold Beer and Liquor, located in a strip mall near East 38th Street and North Emerson Avenue, has been shuttered for the last few months. Neighbors say it was a magnet for criminal activity that put residents, shoppers and surrounding businesses at risk.

Its peaceful, said community leader Ashley Gurvitz. Were seeing an opportunity to rewrite the story for this area to bring growth and opportunity thats been missing for quite some time.

Police reports from the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department show multiple incidents tied to the store before its closure.

On the east si

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