Small businesses in Celina say they are dealing with more than typical growing pains in the booming downtown area. They say repeated power outages are now costing them thousands of dollars in losses.
Working in the dark
One ice cream shop said the problem is melting more than just dessert.
Inside Stella’s Ice Cream in Celina’s historic downtown square, owner Ashley Chism built her business around a simple recipe: community and scoops of homemade ice cream.
“We wanted to plug in and be a part of everybody’s experience,” Chism said. “And so, ice cream is that experience that most of the time, when you’re having ice cream, you’re making a memory.”…