MARS — Over the past year, borough leaders have been working on bettering communication between the borough and local business owners, an issue that one business owner said has been a problem for a few years.

According to Pam Erskine, unprofessionalism and communication with local business owners and borough administration has made local business owners hesitant to reach out to plan events or do anything in the borough outside of their store.

During the June 5 council meeting, Erskine addressed council on the lack of communication between business owners and borough administration regarding event planning.

“You can’t voice anything without them attacking you, and that shouldn’t be the case,” Erskine said. She described the experience as “unprofessional.”

According to Erskine, the communication issues boil down to two parts — lack of information and communication on planning community events, and when planned events shut down busy streets and the lack of professionalism with both borough secretaries, who Erskine describes as “unfriendly.”