Could Fresno's Arthop return? New survey launched for community input

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Fresno city leaders are working to bring back the beloved Arthop.

During the city's annual "State of Downtown" on Thursday, Mayor Jerry Dyer announced they are in the early steps to help the event return.

Before the city decided not to allow permitted street vendors in August, the events would draw up to 15,000 or more people in a night.

In September, the city introduced "Why Not Wednesday."

However, the city says visits to Art Hop nights were down 83 percent from the same months a year earlier.

The Downtown Fresno Partnership launched its Street Market Survey to get community feedback.

"One of the things that people have been concerned is the fact that that we no longer have the street market portion of Art Hop, and so we're going to be launching a survey for downtown people to be able to fill out in terms of when they want this type of street market back in town," he said.

The link to the survey to make your voice heard can be found here.