Grand Rapids residents gathered at City Hall today to express concerns about a parking permit proposal that could have people paying to park in front of their own houses.
Mobile GR, the city's transportation department, proposed adding residential parking permit areas in two neighborhoods: the John Ball Area Neighborhood and the Heritage Hill and East Hills area. The city commission noted that the proposal is aimed to offset the need for parking after it approved a plan to build both an amphitheater and soccer stadium downtown.
Around 100 residents at today's meeting expressed concerns about costs, logistics and the proposal itself, expressing that parking was already hard enough to find as it is, and business owners in those neighborhoods worry the paid parking could put them out of business.
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