The bottom line in my opinion is people coming to the downtown area to eat are
happy to find open parking spaces, but the reality is that during working
hours, downtown has become a ghosttown, and tons of people aren't happy about
it. The city has basically said screw you to employees and residents. Same
thing that happened in my neighborhood.
I think the America's Cup guy is reluctant to admit that his own push for paid
parking has had a detrimental effect on his business.
I work on Bond Street. Every employee at my company refused to buy a parking
pass. In this economy, adding what amounts to another tax on your income simply
isn't a good idea. Not only that, but I believe that if you buy the employee
parking pass, you still have to park blocks away from where you work. Correct
me if I'm wrong about that one. Then, if you get somebody like me, who now has
to pay to park in front of his home and works downtown, you are screwed. How is
this helping residents and employees?
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Claire Davids <claire.davids@...> wrote:
>
> Take the conversation further with the Americas Cup owner though, my husband
> and i spoke to him last saturday for a while about parking and at that
> point he was very happy with the paid parking, even if business is down he
> sees it as a huge benefit in the long term, plus you can't gauge business
> being down, there are now 3 coffee shops downtown (if you include the gelato
> place), maybe that's why business is down, we don't drink enough coffee to
> support 3 coffee shops. maybe now there's parking people will come from
> neighbouring towns for coffee. there are way too many variables at play to
> blame it one just one thing.
>
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 10:37 AM, Hinge <hinge98@...> wrote:
>
> > **
> >
> >
> > Yesterday morning, I stopped at America's Cup for a bagel. Totally dead
> > compared to before parking went into effect. I overheard a conversation with
> > the owner saying that business is down big time. Same thing with Russo
> > Music. They are saying that they had the worst week of business since they
> > opened.
> >
> > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Hinge" <hinge98@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Meanwhile, several of the business's that lobbied for paid parking are
> > stating that business has gone downhill since it went into effect.
> > > There's also unhappy people north of the parking zone in the residential
> > neighborhoods. Scores of employee's who are not willing to pay to park are
> > now parking in those areas. It really gets bad when the school in that
> > neighborhood gets out. There used to be open parking for people to stop and
> > wait for their kids, now it's become a log jam that did not exist before.
> > > Also, there were 3 break in's this past week, 2 on Mattison and 1 on
> > Cookman.
> > >
> > > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Claire Davids <claire.davids@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I'm with you, I avoided too - now i don't avoid, i think it's great
> > that i
> > > > can find parking. If you talk to some of the retailers they're happy
> > about
> > > > the parking situation and it has increased business for them. There are
> > > > always going to be complainers, it's human nature, if it wasn't parking
> > > > they'd be complaining about the roadworks, or the weather or the
> > something
> > > > else, something else.
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 9:32 AM, fancypaaantz <fancypaaantz@>wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > **
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > I came in 2004, America's Cup was not here until much later. In 2004,
> > there
> > > > > was Harry's Roadhouse, Rock Paper Scissors, Be Green and Janet's
> > boutique on
> > > > > Cookman, with a few other things. When did America's Cup open? 2008?
> > When I
> > > > > first moved here, I just parked on Lake bc there was always parking
> > over
> > > > > there at that time.
> > > > >
> > > > > Quite honestly, I kind of avoided Cookman BC of the parking situation
> > in
> > > > > more recent years. I could never find a spot and I find that annoying
> > if I
> > > > > just want to run in somewhere for something quick. So, I think it
> > really
> > > > > cuts both ways.
> > > > >
> > > > > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, cbrianwatkins@ wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Where were these patrons (that are suddenly gone from the downtown)
> > > > > parking before the meters went into effect?
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
> > > > > >
> > > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > > From: Dennis Dubrow <traderdube@>
> > > > > > Sender: AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com
> > > > > > Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 08:42:37
> > > > > > To: <AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com>
> > > > > > Reply-To: AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com
> > > > > > Subject: [AsburyPark] 2003
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Asbury is a ghost town, I spoke to a number of Cookman retailers,
> > > > > business is down since the meters went into effect. It reminds me of
> > 8 years
> > > > > ago when we bulls some stores and rented them, then America's cup
> > opened and
> > > > > we sat there waiting for a customer to come in...and waited and
> > waited and
> > > > > waited. The merchants that are still there, and almost all the
> > current
> > > > > merchants are hard working business people, not weekend warriors
> > looking for
> > > > > a tax write off by opening a store...and then never opening. The high
> > taxes,
> > > > > the extraordinary cost of opening a business in AP, and now the
> > parking
> > > > > meters that don't even work are a detriment to downtown Asbury in a
> > huge
> > > > > way. Occupay AP should be railing against this travesty of a money
> > grab by
> > > > > the powers that be in city hall.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
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> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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