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Downtown businesses, residents urge Delray to tweak parking pilot and allow event validations
Summary
Multiple downtown businesses, merchants and the DDA told the commission that recent paid‑garage and metered changes are hurting daytime businesses, special events and nonprofit programming; speakers urged free daytime garage parking, event validations and flexible group rates.
A series of public commenters at the Oct. 14 Delray Beach City Commission meeting urged the city to revise recent parking changes in the downtown parking pilot, saying new garage metering and meter rules are discouraging customers and making event planning more expensive for businesses.
Business speakers and downtown organizations described concrete impacts: Dana de Domenico, event manager for Silverball Retro Arcade, said a corporate client was quoted nearly $700 to reserve multiple meter spaces for a December event — a cost that made the booking impractical. “It’s discouraging. It also puts us in a…
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