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Originally Posted by NMH
I agree that there is likely too much parking if the goal is to truly become a walkable mix use area.
The land that some of this development is proposed to be built on is owned by a large church. They are selling their property and their current building to fund a smaller building they can pay off in cash as they currently still owe on what they own right now. I found some Q&A notes (which can be found here) from a meeting they had a year ago and it sounded like there was a concern that they want to ensure there is enough parking for their events and meetings as well as for the retail and residential going in.
Hopefully this is scaled back some once the development becomes final. At least from the looks of it, the parking will mainly be underground. |
It's cool that a church is interested in developing the land, but they should certainly do it right and equitably while incorporating transit and the community. Churches are really missing the buck by keeping large surface lots when they could have housing close to their parish members in said lots. And the Green line will be close to this, right? It should behoove them to go much more low-car.