Ridgewood receives feedback on parking changes
January 16, 2015 Last updated: Friday, January 16, 2015, 12:31 AM
By Laura Herzog
STAFF WRITER |
The Ridgewood News
In a Jan. 9 letter to The Ridgewood News, Valerie Groom, owner of Ridgewood’s European Day Spa, addressed the impact of recent parking changes on the Central Business District’s (CBD) part-time employees.
She said that Ridgewood has “missed the mark.”
“I see all sides of this having been a resident of Ridgewood for 30-plus years and a merchant for 26 years. Unless the intention of the village is to penalize and ticket the workers that staff our businesses, I’m going to call the changes another failure to meet the needs of downtown Ridgewood,” she concluded.
Her letter was in response to sweeping new parking changes that went into effect in the new year, as a result of a unanimous council vote.
All 12-hour meters in the lots were recalibrated to three-hour meters, in effect from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and the cost was doubled, from one to two quarters an hour.
The intent is to open up spots for shoppers that were previously taken up by employees and commuters (whose parking has also been somewhat reformed, and prices increased).
This has been accomplished: In the past few weeks, spots have been available the North Walnut and Hudson lots, which used to be crowded by 9 a.m.
https://www.northjersey.com/news/village-receives-feedback-on-changes-1.1196376
Save you breath. The president of the chamber spoke at a council meeting about all the positives so its a done deal. If you are a chamber member and don’t like the changes I suggest you get a new president or quit the chamber . The Council and the Chamber are in agreement and the pan is here to stay. Juts keep paing your dues to support the agendas of a few on the chamber