Attorneys first ? now that’s a big surprise….while all this is going down every day ,Glen Rock and 20 miles of route 17 stores offers 3 hours of free unmetered parking because they appreciate the business and don’t take their taxpayers to court because they were on line in the third store supporting a local small business in RIDGEWOOD just to grab some prescriptions and items that the family need to function every week,..Its the mindset here that we have no competition by other towns that is a huge disconnect..do you think that person last in line in parking court will ever come to shop again..unlikely..
True, but Glen Rock is also having trouble with stores in town. People need to realize that access to stores is not the problem! Pricing and selection are, the internet is! Jeez.
And, agree. A friend moved recently and people are shocked that he could ever leave Ridgewood, like Truman’s show people can’t get their head around the notion that other towns offer similar things or more, with lower taxes and drama. Go figure.
Disagree with both. There’s no disconnect. You need metered parking because we have so much demand for parking. Without limits and enforcement, the businesses will suffer. Might seem counterintuitive but it’s a matter of supply and demand. We can’t find parking today with 3 hour limits and meter rates….imagine how much parking you’ll find if it was free! Glen Rock has like two delis and a couple of shops. They don’t have nearly the same amount of retail stores or restaurants that we have. Same goes for Midland Park, HoHoKus, Waldwick, Wyckoff, Allendale. Should I go on? So no, we don’t have any competition. Route 17 and Garden State Plaza are not substitutes for a Downtown like ours.
And to suggest that people here live in a bubble, and that they don’t know what else is out there, is simply ridiculous. We have a very educated consumer who chooses to live here for the very reasons people trip over themselves to come here. And by the way, taxes in Glen Rock are actually higher than in Ridgewood. But somehow, people in Ridgewood think that their taxes are higher than any other place on earth. It’s just a high class brag that gives some people the justification for being an asshole. So stay home, order from Amazon, home-school your children and become a hermit. Just make sure to Amazon Prime some Vitamin D supplements.
Ridgewood’s CBD has become the largest open air food court in Bergen County. We should embrace that and close Ridgewood Ave between Broad and Maple and make it a walking mall like Washington Street in Cape May, Main Street Charlottesville, Pearl Street Boulder, 4th Street Louisville, the list goes on. Sure NJ Transit bus people may complain, but fix that with a one-way (west obviously) Dayton Street. Changes like this would drive improvements on Franklin (while simplifying the intersections at Chestnut, Oak, Walnut and Cottage Place). It would push parking (or at least parking access) to the perimeter of that space and allow for a real walking village with diverse shops and restaurants to flourish. It would also make The Greek’s planters a non-issue! Who’s with me?
Those “planters” will never be a non-issue. They (at least in memory of the recently removed tree, R.I.P.) scream UNWARRANTED PRIVILEGE and MUST GO!
9:45 disagree..the Status quo does not work and since so much of the politics here are driven by those poor peak only needy restaurants ,you expect the meter police to drive away those grifters who dare to overstay their allotted time in that spot.Ridgewood restaurants are not that special
and policies for peak Friday and Saturday night don’t move the overall village in decline mountain any closer to a badly needed reality check.
Parking police policies are awful with their unfriendly in your face fines for a bumper over a white line violation.teach those visitors with a kick in the butt..
Glen Rock has what RIDGEWOOD lost….the restaurant tourists on Friday night here are meaningless to the average taxpayers as they Zoom out of town
after too much wine and overpriced food…how’s that working for the Fish visionaries…
This town is an empty shell of its former self.
The emperor has no clothes.
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“Tradition” of Excellence and lots of pretty trees… pretty much all that is left – fluff and window dressing.
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Roads are complete patchwork of ruble..no plan…
The Parking enforcement people are just that–Parking enforcement people. They are not police officers! So when you complain about them, please do not call them “police”. Thank you.