“We’ve heard that businesses were pleased with the amount of people that we’ve had downtown,” Mullins said. “The art festival, as well as the other community events during the summer, are great contributors to bringing people into the downtown and helping to increase business during what may be slower months otherwise.”

However, because of construction in the area, the festival was moved westward along Abbot Road, affecting several businesses in the area.

Courtney Fecteau, a manager at Woody’s Oasis Bar & Grill, 211 E. Grand River Ave., said the restaurant enjoyed an influx of business over the weekend, but the ongoing construction might have hampered the amount of customers when compared to recent years.

“East Lansing as a whole was a bit more down this year than in the past, but other than that it was pretty much the normal festival,” she said.

Before the festival, Woody’s Oasis Bar and Grill had applied for a special license to allow for the bar to sell alcohol on the patio, and Fecteau said it helped the area stay busy.

Another restaurant that saw increased use of its patio space was Harper’s Restaurant and Brewpub, 131 Albert Ave.

Harper’s General Manager Holli Taylor said the construction aided the amount of traffic to the bar, as festivalgoers were more likely to be in the area. She added the restaurant saw more people come in than previous years, because of the festival’s location.

“The patio is one of the biggest in East Lansing, so we had a lot of people out there,” Taylor said. “We were extremely busy — The festivals are always our biggest weekends.”

Although the festival might have had a different format than in previous years, Mullins said for the most part, the relocation went off without a hitch.

“I’ve heard the layout of the festival worked out very well,” she said. “People were able to find the festival, find the parking and get around just fine. All the feedback that I’ve received has been positive.”