What I'm not understanding here is that it was just pointed out that during the day, Mattison Ave is completely empty. So, there seems to be plenty of parking at the current time. I can see that the parking that is available will fill up quickly as businesses grow, and there should be plans in the works to accommodate that, but it seems perfectly reasonable to park on Mattison to grab a cup of coffee, or whatever... is it just that people are insisting to park directly in front of whatever business they're frequenting?
Maybe I am missing the point here, I did overlook some posts in the beginning of this discussion, sorry if I overlooked something of importance~ Jenni -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of dfsavgny Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 5:44 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [AsburyPark] Re: Downtown paid parking went into effect today And if there are NO PARKING SPOTS and they dont walk, take a cab or ride a bike, they will never go to get that first cup of coffee? That's the entire point of this discussion. --- In [email protected], "Jenni" <jenni@...> wrote: > > No, but for each person who feels comfortable and happy buying that one cup > of coffee, most are going to come back another time and spend more $, bring > friends or business associates, etc. It will keep the place in business if > you keep the people happy without sacrificing all the profits, and encourage > them to make it a comfortable place where they can meet people for coffee, > lunch, etc., word of mouth is also the best advertising, so that person with > the single cup of coffee who stays an hour may end up sending multiple > others. > > Just my 2 cents > > Jenni > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of dfsavgny > Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 5:15 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [AsburyPark] Re: Downtown paid parking went into effect today > > No I do not and I did not mean my comment to be personal to you, so if thats > how you took it, no insult meant. But the hard facts are that buying a > single cup of coffee and staying a long time is not going to keep that place > in business. The simple fact of the matter whether you or anyone else like's > it or not is that the parking spaces on Cookman were filled most of the > time. And now that they are not during the week is sort of pretty good proof > that they were from folks just parking their cars there because it was free > and not because they were in the stores. In fact, I've been in the stores > with no one in them and all the spots on Cookman were occupied. So nothing > lost by the stores because those people are not parking there anymore. Will > some people who went to stores on Cookman not go there because of paid > parking Maybe a few, but I do not think that will make or break the stores > there. They have larger obstacles to overcome. > > > > > > --- In [email protected], Joey Schweigert <joeybearnj@> wrote: > > > > dfsavgny - > > > > Do you own a business in town? Let me know which it is so I don't waste > your time. > > > > Joey Schweigert > > 1306 Monroe > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
