One city is working to revamp its downtown but some businesses aren't happy about possibly losing a building they've been in for years.

The Chippewa Falls City Council held a special session Wednesday night to consider moving forward on allowing the Plaza Building to be torn down. Businesses in the Plaza Building say if the plan is approved, they don't know where they'll go. The city says it will help them out and the new building will be a big bonus to the city.

For more than 40 years Creative Graphics has been making signs and posters in downtown Chippewa Falls. The last five have been in the Plaza Building. Just down the hall, Brienzo CPA Service has been at 100 North Bridge Street in the Plaza Building for 30 years.

"Our clients have been coming here for 30 years, three decades, and that's our concern, our concern is our clients," says Doug Brienzo.

Doug Brienzo says many of the businesses are worried and nervous about what will happen next. Many of the owners say while they'll be getting help from the city, their rent will be more expensive somewhere else while not having enough room.

"I think we're all a little nervous, surprised, anxious and curious to know what will happen next," says Brienzo.

"This is not to force anyone to leave the City of Chippewa. We will work with them to find and help relocate anyone," says Chippewa Falls Mayor, Greg Hoffman.

Hoffman says one of the issues is the building is old and not in good shape. That's why the city is moving forward with project. However the city says it hasn't locked up any state money to help cover the roughly $700,000 price tag.

"We have a number of very good projects in the hopper and if we don't receive some funding, we've been told these projects are good. The state is supportive but at this time we haven’t received a letter telling us what type of support we'll get," says Hoffman.

Mayor Hoffman says the deal is about 95% done. He says the city will know more about extra funding this spring. However he says if the funding doesn't come through that means some other downtown projects might be slowed down.