Roughly two dozen downtown business owners gathered at Electric City Coffee on Monday to learn about the city’s parking system and the proposed changes, including a meter rate hike. Jeff Patterson, of the city’s Parking Advisory Board, as well as Craig Raymond, city planning director, shared information about the program and answered questions from the group. Board recommends rate hike

The city is offering free parking downtown again this year for the holidays. All metered parking will be free Dec. 15-25. But to ensure everyone has access to parking, the two-hour maximum time limit at meters will remain in effect. There are more than 1,000 metered spaces in the downtown district. “Providing free parking during the holiday season is one

During their Dec. 4 work session, City Commissioners will discuss the latest proposal from the Parking Advisory Commission, which includes quadrupling meter rates on Central Avenue. The Electric has been covering parking issues since its launch and will use this as a landing page for all things parking so you can catch up on the maintenance needs, funding challenges and

The city’s parking board voted Monday to recommend that the downtown meters be broken into zones and the rates be quadrupled, tripled and doubled. The Parking Advisory Commission voted unanimously to recommend that the city increase meter rates to $2 on Central Avenue, from the Civic Center to 7th Street; $1.50 on the blocks immediately off Central in that area

Changes could be coming to the Great Falls downtown parking system. On Monday, the Parking Advisory Commission voted to recommend that the go into debt to make all repairs to the parking garages, including deferred general maintenance, new lighting, new security cameras and more. The action includes calculating the cost of the deferred maintenance and call for a percentage that