Downtown employees offer input on Ridgewood parking changes
February 16, 2015 Last updated: Monday, February 16, 2015, 9:52 AM
By Mark Krulish
Staff Writer |
The Ridgewood News
With the Village Council currently considering changes to parking ordinances, the Ridgewood Chamber of Commerce held a forum on Monday, Feb. 9 for its members and fellow business owners to share their thoughts and concerns on the parking situation in the Central Business District (CBD).
Among the topics addressed by the 40-50 business owners, employees and residents in attendance were the three-hour limit on parking meters, the cost and inconvenience for part-time employees to park, and the need for parking garages to be built downtown.
Mayor Paul Aronsohn and Village Manager Roberta Sonenfeld joined Chamber of Commerce President Paul Vagianos to answer questions from the audience.
Many owners in particular are struggling with three-hour parking limits being imposed on meters throughout the village, which they say has had a negative effect on both their customers and part-time employees.
“I think of Ridgewood as more of an experience,” said Jack Panico, president and CEO of Panico Hair Salon. “They’re coming here to get their hair done, they want to go eat and they want to go shop.”
https://www.northjersey.com/news/business/downtown-workers-offer-input-on-parking-changes-1.1272353
Where is that parking deck ? What is the problem to getting that one designed and built?
Not enough quarters in the petty cash quarter account ?
Can’t find that solution, then quit now Village officials– and start shoveling some of that is snow falling !!!
All of the above in this article are just talking this issue to death build the damn garage already and be done with it.
Convert the old inspection station to a parking lot with meters. Let those brain dead Ridgewood officials be forced to count quarters, with Boyd Loving, overseeing, them ready to fire them if they make a mistake.
WOW The Ridgewood Blog’s Pundits have spoken
They tell us that an extra 35 cents on top of 50 cents an hour will be an advantage to us. Let it be an advantage for council members parking in the CBD. Once they put Parkmobile in the CBD even in part of one lot, I will never shop in CBD again except for supermarkets.
Shop locally, let the council pay more to park and shop locally ; it will be an advantage for them. Not me.
I CAN do the arithmetic ; even if they can’t. I can and do count my quarters.
RIDGEWOOD as more of an experience……..omg that’s too funny…..
An experience no less …ha ha ha ha…,..,.