WHAT ARE YOU THINKING??? We want tourist and locals to shop downtown. This is really a business distrusctive idea!!!
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Mark williams
12 years ago
Adding pay parking is a very bad idea and will send the absolute wrong message about this beautiful town
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Guy Gooch
12 years ago
I have a house and property out on Aska. PLEASE DONT DO THIS..
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Barbara Farmer
12 years ago
No parking meters, fix the streets that have been torn up. Visitors will quit coming to Blue Ridge and spread the word to others.
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Doug Wolfmueller
12 years ago
Why do greedy politicians always want to spoil a good thing. I've seen this done to other beautiful vacation spots and it always hurts the locals and makes the town less desirable to visit for the tourists. Why would anyone want to hurt tourism for the sake of some parking meter revenue and what about the cost of the meters. Their maintainance and repair and the people to collect the fees. Blue Ridge is a joy to visit, don't let greed spoil it for all. DW
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Anonymous
12 years ago
I work downtown, and I have grew up in this small town. Certainly there are other ways to deal with the parking issue while keeping the small town atmosphere of Blie Ridge.
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Hinky Davies Wilcher
12 years ago
Blue Ridge has always been know for it's small town feel. Parking meters will take that away. In the last 10 years that I have lived here greed has slowly taken over our beautiful area. We need to take a stand once and for all. We must not continue in this direction. Why? Because you'll be sending our visitors in the OTHER direction. Wake up people. We have SPLOT, we have the TOURISUM TAXES, we have the BEER & WINE TAXES, and now the ALOCHOL ON SUNDAY SALES & TAXES. all this has come about in the last 10 years that I have lived here. Remember there is a fine line between NEED & GREED. I think were about to cross that line... Stop this from happening NOW
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Linda Pfister
12 years ago
Not good for tourist business
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Sheila Harris
12 years ago
Bad idea!!
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Anonymous
12 years ago
no way!
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Susan Bowen
12 years ago
Do not put parking meters in blue ridge.
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Hinky Davies Wilcher
12 years ago
Blue Ridge has a wonderful Old town feel. I you start getting greedy and putting in things that take away from the home town feel you will regret it. You will send those visitors that are looking for that feeling to another town who hasn't t become money hungery .. There is a fine line between need and greed.
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michael waters
12 years ago
Very bad ideal. parking deck is best ideal.
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Gloria Muller
12 years ago
Horrible Idea. Part of the charm is not having parking meters. I am a frequent visitor and I always bring family and friends from Miami, Florida when they visit .
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Julia Petrin
12 years ago
Parking is already a problem meters will only make it worse
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david lovern
12 years ago
I think this might back fire and have adverse effect on the lovely town of blue ridge
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Bill Dunnuck
12 years ago
Property owners against parking meters.
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michael waters
12 years ago
Parking meters are NOT the way to go. This discourages commerce in downtown. This is why they were eliminated years ago in Blue Ridge. Widen the streets and build a parking deck in the downtown business district. This gives PLENTY of parking and encourages people to visit downtown. As it is now the business owners use all the parking and it is IMPOSSIBLE to park anywhere close to the downtown area. Business owners are dying one by one in the downtown area because no one visits anymore. If you add a higher cost to coming into the downtown area you are going to drive more people away and kill off the local businesses even faster than you are now.
Thinking parking meters will help is the SAME thing as saying ..... If a person is struggling from pay check to pay check let's fix the problem by cutting their pay a dollar an hour and charge them a tax to go to work. ALL THE PARKING METERS WILL DO IS INCREASE THE MONEY COMING INTO THE CITY WHERE THEY HAVE MORE MONEY TO BLOW ON STUPID THINGS AND DESTORY THE BUSINESSES DOWNTOWN EVEN FASTER.....
WHAT ARE YOU THINKING??? We want tourist and locals to shop downtown. This is really a business distrusctive idea!!!
Adding pay parking is a very bad idea and will send the absolute wrong message about this beautiful town
I have a house and property out on Aska. PLEASE DONT DO THIS..
No parking meters, fix the streets that have been torn up. Visitors will quit coming to Blue Ridge and spread the word to others.
Why do greedy politicians always want to spoil a good thing. I've seen this done to other beautiful vacation spots and it always hurts the locals and makes the town less desirable to visit for the tourists. Why would anyone want to hurt tourism for the sake of some parking meter revenue and what about the cost of the meters. Their maintainance and repair and the people to collect the fees. Blue Ridge is a joy to visit, don't let greed spoil it for all. DW
I work downtown, and I have grew up in this small town. Certainly there are other ways to deal with the parking issue while keeping the small town atmosphere of Blie Ridge.
Blue Ridge has always been know for it's small town feel. Parking meters will take that away. In the last 10 years that I have lived here greed has slowly taken over our beautiful area. We need to take a stand once and for all. We must not continue in this direction. Why? Because you'll be sending our visitors in the OTHER direction. Wake up people. We have SPLOT, we have the TOURISUM TAXES, we have the BEER & WINE TAXES, and now the ALOCHOL ON SUNDAY SALES & TAXES. all this has come about in the last 10 years that I have lived here. Remember there is a fine line between NEED & GREED. I think were about to cross that line... Stop this from happening NOW
Not good for tourist business
Bad idea!!
no way!
Do not put parking meters in blue ridge.
Blue Ridge has a wonderful Old town feel. I you start getting greedy and putting in things that take away from the home town feel you will regret it. You will send those visitors that are looking for that feeling to another town who hasn't t become money hungery .. There is a fine line between need and greed.
Very bad ideal. parking deck is best ideal.
Horrible Idea. Part of the charm is not having parking meters. I am a frequent visitor and I always bring family and friends from Miami, Florida when they visit .
Parking is already a problem meters will only make it worse
I think this might back fire and have adverse effect on the lovely town of blue ridge
Property owners against parking meters.
Parking meters are NOT the way to go. This discourages commerce in downtown. This is why they were eliminated years ago in Blue Ridge. Widen the streets and build a parking deck in the downtown business district. This gives PLENTY of parking and encourages people to visit downtown. As it is now the business owners use all the parking and it is IMPOSSIBLE to park anywhere close to the downtown area. Business owners are dying one by one in the downtown area because no one visits anymore. If you add a higher cost to coming into the downtown area you are going to drive more people away and kill off the local businesses even faster than you are now. Thinking parking meters will help is the SAME thing as saying ..... If a person is struggling from pay check to pay check let's fix the problem by cutting their pay a dollar an hour and charge them a tax to go to work. ALL THE PARKING METERS WILL DO IS INCREASE THE MONEY COMING INTO THE CITY WHERE THEY HAVE MORE MONEY TO BLOW ON STUPID THINGS AND DESTORY THE BUSINESSES DOWNTOWN EVEN FASTER.....
No Parking Meters Please
Bad for tourist!!