[Winona Online Democracy]
Regarding parking:
A parking ramp near WSU might help problems in that area. A parking ramp
near downtown might work if downtown employees were somehow forced to park
there. My observation is that shoppers in a city this size seem to want to
park right in front of the store they're visiting. (Unless they're at a big
mall, in which case they'll park the equivalent of blocks away in giant
parking lots!)
Bob Conover
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>From: "Anthony Dooley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: [Winona] Parking Situations
>Date: Tue, Oct 24, 2000, 8:45 PM
>
> [Winona Online Democracy]
>
> See there are more people interested in this idea...
>
> Kathy Seifert wrote about "[Winona] WSU gobbling up blocks" on Sat, 26 Aug
> 2000 23:24:48 -0700
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> 1. I recall a parking ramp behind the St. James Hotel in Red Wing.
>
> 2. How detrimental is it to our downtown economy when citizens shop or
> choose to receive other services elsewhere because they can't stand dealing
> with the parking situation? Here's one example: I quit working downtown
> almost two years ago. I can probably count on one hand the stops I've made
> at Midtown Foods since then. I used to shop there 1-2 times per week!
>
> 3. Has there ever been an effort to research the idea of a small parking
> structure suited to the size of our downtown? Or is this too hot a
> controversy that nobody wants to touch it? I think that if some facts were
> gathered and distributed, we could either move forward or put it to rest.
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>
> I think I can say that even without research that there is an obvious need
> to create a parking structure. And we have an incredible opportunity too.
> Needs...
> 1. parking problem in & around WSU. Obvious :P
> 2. public love for our downtown district
> 3. talk about creating a "Winona County Government Campus"
> 4. the insane pick up in damand for such a thing when Alternate Side Parking
> starts Nov. 1st!
> 5. the obvious need to have our roads plowed and cars off them.
>
> Bennefits...
> 1. longterm revenue maker
> 2. increased downtown shopping
> 3. No more unsightly things such as people trying to park their cars on
> their front lawn or between houses. (I'ld take a parking structure any day
> over a junker in the next door lawn!)
> 4. oh, increased downtown shopping means even MORE tax revenue.
> 5. Better access to community resources!
>
> What a better opportunity than to use space that no one lives in! I'm
> talking about the Former Middle Schools. To me this would be a perfect
> opportunity to solve parking problems created by students, to bolster our
> downtown, increase longterm revenue and to fortify our community.
>
> thats all for now...
>
> tony out
>
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