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From parking pain to parking play…
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
I blogged before about the how sometimes baffling, always exhausting battle to park downtown. Aside from the discovery of the Central Atlanta Progress parking map — worth the Google, if you’re new here — there are two bits of news that might ease your parking pain.
First, the city will waive penalties and interest on parking fines for the next 60 days. It’s not because they’re nice. They expect it to net $4 million — and they wouldn’t be doing it if they didn’t need the money. Still, quite a treat for those with ever-growing fines.
Second, Friday is National Park(ing) Day! It’s a little holiday created in 2005 by a San Francisco art collective to rethink public space devoted to storing cars. The Trust for Public Land list says The City of Atlanta will be participating at City Hall, “involving local artists, farmers, and a demonstration solar panel. It is a collaborative effort between, the Office of Sustainability, the Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs, and Park Pride.” Not sure you get it? Here’s a how-to manual that explains.
Good reasons both to consider leaving the car at home for a day? If you spot anybody creatively using a parking space, send a photo!
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