No Parking Meters on Main Street, Blue Ridge, GA. BAD IDEA!!
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Carol Hayes
12 years ago
I would rather see off site parking with a shuttle for our downtown visitors. It is much easier for our owners and people that work downtown to load and unload in front of their offices.
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jon drake
12 years ago
parking meters will hurt blue ridge
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Debbie
12 years ago
Very Terrible ideal.No one wants to spend what suppose to be a enjoyed visit worry about the time to go back and put more money in the metere as well as they would reather go elsewhere to park so they can avoid the meters. I skip places that has meters when I'm on trips. I could list a lot more reasons.
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RaceWay #6871
12 years ago
NO! This is not how to keep tourist coming here. This will only cause more problems!
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Berry Rankin
12 years ago
No to Parking Meters!
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Jeff Ellixson
12 years ago
Absolutely not the right thing to do. Would deter me from coming downtown Blue Ridge.
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Alice
12 years ago
You now have a WALMART and HOME DEPOT killing off some of the small businesses that were among the city's original vendors. You should have more than enough taxes from the new big businesses. Do everything you can to attract and keep the small businesses that make the downtown a visitors' destination! Take some of the revenue from big business and build a free parking garage at one end of the tourist area! Take a look at what Carrollton, GA has done: no meters, 2-hr parking limit, and two free parking garages. Their downtown is boomimg.
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Megan Locke
12 years ago
I work on the Blue Ridge Railroad. This potentially will negatively affect people coming to the railroad which is one of the draws for downtown. The only one that might make sense is that one lot at the end of town. Blue Ridge looks like a typical small town. Meters would ruin that.
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anne seay
12 years ago
no ,no,and no!
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Mike Holloway
12 years ago
Parking meters are definitely not the solution. it does not create any new parking, and will discourage visitors from staying longer, going to restaurants after shopping, and lingering in shops longer. Find other solutions before turning to this one!
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Charles Donaldson
12 years ago
I am alarmed at the potential installation of parking meters in the business district of Blue Ridge because they immediately present an image that is directly at odds with with the small town atmosphere that has been the goal of so many for so long. The Blue Ridge "mantra" of Slow Down, Enjoy What Blue Ridge Has To Offer, Relax In The Mountains and Take Time For The Pleasures of Life are very much at odds with Your Time Is Up, Keep Moving, You Have Been Here Long Enough and Someone Else Needs This Parking Space.
The Blue Ridge City Management is considering implementation of an Anti Business atmosphere in the heart of the business district of Blue Ridge. City after city has tried this method of revenue enhancement and have found that revenues have fallen short of projections, maintenance and enforcement cost have proven to be higher and consumers will ALWAYS move to a location that is easier to negotiate. Oh, and fines and parking tickets courtesy of the Blue Ridge Police Department is not one of the Pleasures of Life we want our guest to leave with.
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Charles Donaldson
12 years ago
I am alarmed at the potential installation of parking meters in the business district of Blue Ridge because they immediately present an image that is directly at odds with with the small town atmosphere that has been the goal of so many for so long. The Blue Ridge "mantra" of Slow Down, Enjoy What Blue Ridge Has To Offer, Relax In The Mountains and Take Time For The Pleasures of Life are very much at odds with Your Time Is Up, Keep Moving, You Have Been Here Long Enough and Someone Else Needs This Parking Space. The Blue Ridge City Management is considering implementation of an Anti Business atmosphere in the heart of the business district of Blue Ridge. City after city has tried this method of revenue enhancement and have found that revenues have fallen short of projections, maintenance and enforcement cost have proven to be higher and consumers will ALWAYS move to a location that is easier to negotiate. Oh, and fines and parking tickets courtesy of the Blue Ridge Police Department is not one of the Pleasures of Life we want our guest to leave with.
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Abigail Gay
12 years ago
I own a home in Blairsville. Blue Ridge has a special place in my heart and I am friends with shop owners there. Please, PLEASE do not install meters. There has to be another solution.
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Chris Leppo
12 years ago
This action would be a deterent for visitors and locals to visit downtown.
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Chad Muilenburg
12 years ago
Don't ruin the welcoming small town atmosphere with the greedy and distasteful sight of parking meters. It sends the wrong message to everyone. It says that we feel our city is so important that people have to pay to visit.
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Scott Smith SR
12 years ago
THis in my opinion is a huge mistake. People come to the mountains to get away and feel th freedom of the big cities and regulations. Let our visitors come to Blue Ridge and simply enjoy the freedom and beauty of Blue Ridge
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Michael Ryan
12 years ago
This will ruin the ambiance of down town BR
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Amado Grabiel
12 years ago
Do not treat visitors to Blue Ridge as a cash cow...make them feel welcome.
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Ashley Evans
12 years ago
This will drive business away from Blue Ridge. It's such a unique place to visit, don't ruin it with parking meters.
No Parking Meters on Main Street, Blue Ridge, GA. BAD IDEA!!
I would rather see off site parking with a shuttle for our downtown visitors. It is much easier for our owners and people that work downtown to load and unload in front of their offices.
parking meters will hurt blue ridge
Very Terrible ideal.No one wants to spend what suppose to be a enjoyed visit worry about the time to go back and put more money in the metere as well as they would reather go elsewhere to park so they can avoid the meters. I skip places that has meters when I'm on trips. I could list a lot more reasons.
NO! This is not how to keep tourist coming here. This will only cause more problems!
No to Parking Meters!
Absolutely not the right thing to do. Would deter me from coming downtown Blue Ridge.
You now have a WALMART and HOME DEPOT killing off some of the small businesses that were among the city's original vendors. You should have more than enough taxes from the new big businesses. Do everything you can to attract and keep the small businesses that make the downtown a visitors' destination! Take some of the revenue from big business and build a free parking garage at one end of the tourist area! Take a look at what Carrollton, GA has done: no meters, 2-hr parking limit, and two free parking garages. Their downtown is boomimg.
I work on the Blue Ridge Railroad. This potentially will negatively affect people coming to the railroad which is one of the draws for downtown. The only one that might make sense is that one lot at the end of town. Blue Ridge looks like a typical small town. Meters would ruin that.
no ,no,and no!
Parking meters are definitely not the solution. it does not create any new parking, and will discourage visitors from staying longer, going to restaurants after shopping, and lingering in shops longer. Find other solutions before turning to this one!
I am alarmed at the potential installation of parking meters in the business district of Blue Ridge because they immediately present an image that is directly at odds with with the small town atmosphere that has been the goal of so many for so long. The Blue Ridge "mantra" of Slow Down, Enjoy What Blue Ridge Has To Offer, Relax In The Mountains and Take Time For The Pleasures of Life are very much at odds with Your Time Is Up, Keep Moving, You Have Been Here Long Enough and Someone Else Needs This Parking Space. The Blue Ridge City Management is considering implementation of an Anti Business atmosphere in the heart of the business district of Blue Ridge. City after city has tried this method of revenue enhancement and have found that revenues have fallen short of projections, maintenance and enforcement cost have proven to be higher and consumers will ALWAYS move to a location that is easier to negotiate. Oh, and fines and parking tickets courtesy of the Blue Ridge Police Department is not one of the Pleasures of Life we want our guest to leave with.
I am alarmed at the potential installation of parking meters in the business district of Blue Ridge because they immediately present an image that is directly at odds with with the small town atmosphere that has been the goal of so many for so long. The Blue Ridge "mantra" of Slow Down, Enjoy What Blue Ridge Has To Offer, Relax In The Mountains and Take Time For The Pleasures of Life are very much at odds with Your Time Is Up, Keep Moving, You Have Been Here Long Enough and Someone Else Needs This Parking Space. The Blue Ridge City Management is considering implementation of an Anti Business atmosphere in the heart of the business district of Blue Ridge. City after city has tried this method of revenue enhancement and have found that revenues have fallen short of projections, maintenance and enforcement cost have proven to be higher and consumers will ALWAYS move to a location that is easier to negotiate. Oh, and fines and parking tickets courtesy of the Blue Ridge Police Department is not one of the Pleasures of Life we want our guest to leave with.
I own a home in Blairsville. Blue Ridge has a special place in my heart and I am friends with shop owners there. Please, PLEASE do not install meters. There has to be another solution.
This action would be a deterent for visitors and locals to visit downtown.
Don't ruin the welcoming small town atmosphere with the greedy and distasteful sight of parking meters. It sends the wrong message to everyone. It says that we feel our city is so important that people have to pay to visit.
THis in my opinion is a huge mistake. People come to the mountains to get away and feel th freedom of the big cities and regulations. Let our visitors come to Blue Ridge and simply enjoy the freedom and beauty of Blue Ridge
This will ruin the ambiance of down town BR
Do not treat visitors to Blue Ridge as a cash cow...make them feel welcome.
This will drive business away from Blue Ridge. It's such a unique place to visit, don't ruin it with parking meters.