6th Central Business District Forum – Parking – Wednesday, June 17th 7:30pm – 9:00pm
The 6th Central Business District Forum will take place on Wednesday, June 17, 7:30 to 9:00 PM in the Courtroom in the Village Hall. An open mic will be available until 8:00 PM for anyone with ideas, comments and suggestions concerning the CBD. Then Bob Rooney, Director of the Parking Utility, Janet Fricke, our Assistant to the Village Manager and Charley DeBow of Park Mobile will conduct a seminar on using Park Mobile, review the new parking rules and times in the CBD and discuss the proposal for a parking garage on Hudson and Broad Streets. We are especially interested in hearing from commuters and welcome everyone who has not yet tried Park Mobile. Please join us.
Why have this meeting. The council is not interested in any other views agains the garage. Half a million dollar bond just to study it. What do you thing is going to happen.
the picture above says it all…come to Ridgewood and shop, have fun and when you get back to your car there will be a parking ticket attached to it. this is EXACTLY why I do my business elsewhere where I’m appreciated as a customer not another fool for the revenus agents.
The garage will be a monstrosity and hold up traffic big time on Hudson street. The streets are too narrow also.
They want it there because it is near the restaurants. Will they charge for parking after 6 p.,m.
It’s Greek to Me why anyone would want to turn charming Ridgewood into a cluttered congested city.
Why are we so concerned about parking? i can always find a place in town.
We are currently in the early days of one of the most enormous changes in the way people shop, and to a lesser extent, how we “go to work”. If you want an in-depth understanding of this, I recommend the book, The End of Big. The Internet is revolutionizing our lives. No amount of extra parking is going to alter the fact that brick-and-mortar retailing is dying, and massive numbers of people traveling daily into large buildings in cities to work will seem funny years from now. Some types of businesses have already gone, and some are fading fast. Just think of this seismic shift when considering taking on this massive debt and enormous construction project. Something tells me that 10 years from now, we will all be driving past the empty garage, and saying to ourselves, “What were they thinking?”
Declan, things are changing but people seem to like being out and about not staying home and doing everything online. This will not end in 10 years.
People may;may not eat in restaurants a lot. years ago it was an occasional restaurant meal with family to celebrate a special occasion.
Mark Bittman of NYT councils us to eat at home and invite friends over for simple plant based meals with delicious seasonings and cooking methods.
Much healthier he says. Will people do that?
I wish had enough money to take my family out to ridgewood to eat a few time a week.
Many years ago we could have used an above average garage, not any more. And we’re going to spend about $10 mil ? Really ?
Corporate welfare.
I again ask the question: Who is paying the expenses associated with these meetings?
i didn’t say that people wouldn’t continue to go out because of the Internet. What is changing is the concept of retail. Shops that sell things are on their way out. Same for banks. The only things that will remain are restaurants, cafes, and hair/nailplaces.
I heard that there were some burglaries in town this past week. This town is really changing.