Demolition Begins at Future Parking Garage Site
The Downtown Development Authority is looking to build a new parking garage downtown.
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A backhoe tears down the current building on the DDA's property on North Street.
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Demolition has begun at the 121 North Street office building.
The Downtown Development Authority (DDA) purchased the property for $435,000 with the hopes of turning it into a parking garage.
The demolition bid was awarded to L. Zellar Excavating & Sons, Inc., for the cost of $47,000.
DDA Director Matt Modrack said he expects the demolition to be completely finished in a few weeks -before the end of May - because he does not want it to disrupt cafe season in the downtown area.
Robin Redwine-Fischer
11:42 am on Thursday, May 10, 2012
I hope they can repurpose as much of the building materials as possible. It would be the green thing to do.
Roy B.
8:14 pm on Thursday, May 10, 2012
Is parking really that bad downtown? If we go out to eat, its usually for lunch... haven't seen the evening.
Nicole Krawcke
8:53 pm on Thursday, May 10, 2012
Hi Roy. The restaurants and bars draw large crowds at night and it's hard to find parking. Rich & Associates did a parking study for the city not too long ago and said the city should to add a little more than 300 new parking spaces to handle the nightlife.