Certain businesses still have windows boarded up a year later. >>> THIS IS WRAL , COVERAGE YOU CAN COUNT ON. >> ONE YEAR SINCE THIS PLAYED OUT ON THE STREETS OF DOWNTOWN RALEIGH IN THE AFTERMATH OF GEORGE FLOYD'S DEATH THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TONIGHT. WHAT BEGAN AS PEACEFUL PROTESTS ENDED WITH DAMAGE TO LOCAL BUSINESSES AND CONFRONTATIONS WITH POLICE AARON THOMAS IS LIVE IN DOWNTOWN RIGHT NOW WITH LOCAL IMPACT ONE YEAR LATER AARON? >> Reporter: THE DOWNTOWN RALEIGH ALLIANCE SAYS THIS RECOVERY PROCESS IS NOT EVEN ACROSS THE BOARD KNOW THERE ARE AREAS LIKE THE WAREHOUSE DISTRICT SEEING PRE-PANDEMIC CELLS BUT IT'S RIGHT HERE ON THIS STREET, THIS AREA IS STILL STRUGGLING TO RECOVER IN FACT THIS RIGHT HERE BOARDED-UP BUSINESSES REMAINS A FAMILIAR SIGHT NOW BILKING WITH THE DOWNTOWN RALEIGH ALLIANCE HE SAYS THAT THE REMAINS OF PERCEPTION THAT DOWNTOWN IS LARGELY BOARDED-UP IT'S NOT TRUE, 96% OF THESE PLYWOOD BOARDS YOU SEE ARE DOWN.

https://www.wral.com/on-one-year-anniversary-some-downtown-raleigh-businesses-still-recovering-from-protests/19703434/

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