With just over a month before parking meters are scheduled to become active in downtown Charlottesville, around two dozen people gathered in CitySpace Wednesday for an update on the pilot project to bring paid parking to downtown. City Council voted 4-1 in April 2016 to proceed with a six-month program to test a new parking […]
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Council to vote on rates for new meters, lower garage fees
Charlottesville’s City Council will be asked Wednesday to set a rate for parking meters that soon will be installed between Market Street and Water Street, but that is not the only change proposed for downtown parking. “There’s always been an economic mistake in the way parking was set up here, where it was free on […]
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Downtown businesses briefed on parking changes
As city officials prepare for a six-month test of parking meters around the Downtown Mall, residents and business representatives had the chance Wednesday to ask questions and raise concerns about the plan. “We have employees and patrons that can’t afford to pay for parking,” said Krista Farrell, the assistant director of the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library. […]
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Parking meters could come back to downtown Charlottesville this August
A six-month test of parking meters around Charlottesville’s Downtown Mall could begin as early as August. Officials believe that if the project is successful, it will improve the chances of finding a parking spot near the mall. “What we hope that it does is open up some of those spaces,” said Rick Siebert, hired last […]
