FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Downtown Fresno's ArtHop looked a little different on Thursday evening.

For decades, the event attracted thousands to Fulton Street on the first and third Thursday of the month.

"That was our intent that maybe people will enjoy something other than what they normally would do in their lives, so that was the beginning of Art Hop 1995," says Robert Ogata, an Artist and Art-Hop Co-Founder.

But everything changed last July when the city said it had concerns over safety.

That's when city leaders decided to move Art-hop indoors and ban outdoor vendors and activities.

The change also led to a decrease in foot traffic for local businesses.

"We started hearing in December that businesses, after the street portion of Art Hop discontinued, were losing tens of thousands

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