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On Wed, 10 Apr 1996 11:30:55 -800 Ron Force said:
>> Date: Wed, 10 Apr 96 10:10:54 PDT
>> From: Kenton <90142419@WSUVM1.CSC.WSU.EDU>
>> Subject: pieces of the puzzle
>> To: vision2020@uidaho.edu
>
>> Gens raised some interesting questions in her message wondering about
>> a possible connection between the Business Park and the Whitworth Building.
>> I've had similar thoughts about the Davids' building (Xenon) at Third and
>> Main, which is reportedly for sale... wouldn't it make sense to use an
>> existing building to meet the community's need for office space in a central
>> location?
>
>No parking...
>
Parking downtown is a problem but not an insurmountable one if we think
creatively about ways around it: satellite parking at the two malls with
a shuttle loop between them stopping downtown; incentives for downtown
employees to use alternative transportation (bikes are practical at least
6 months out of the year; a parking structure shared with UI on the property
bounded by Sweet Avenue, Railroad Street and College Street. And some
businesses which don't rely on a high volume of walk-in traffic (First
Step Research, for exmple) may not need more than a handful of customer
parking spaces. Other towns (Coeur d'Alene, Missoula) have confronted
their downtown parking problems; what can we learn from them?
--Kenton