PARKING FOR EVERYONE Whose Needs Do You Need to Meet? Municipal parking lots have a challenging mission. Unlike corporate lots, shopping malls, or hospital parking garages, their customers aren’t limited to one customer type with one agenda. City parking lots service everyone, from business owners to shoppers, government employees to people headed to medical appointments,…
Tinsel and Lights Your downtown streets will probably soon be bedecked to welcome the joy and brightness of the holidays. But that’s not all you need to do to encourage locals to patronize your city’s shops and restaurants. If people don’t have anywhere to park, they aren’t likely to head downtown, no matter how bright…
A healthy downtown area where stores are walkable and easy to access generates robust sales and creates jobs, contributing to a vibrant economy for your city. Studies show that people who visit downtown businesses by foot return more often and spend more time and money. Ed McMahon of the Urban Land Institute went so far…