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Shepherd's Table urges support for parking-permit bill to ease volunteer access in Silver Spring
Summary
At a Montgomery County Council public hearing, Manny Hidalgo of Shepherd's Table described lost parking and urged support for Expedited Bill 29-24 to authorize discounted permits for specialized service providers and allow the Department of Transportation to administer eligibility in Silver Spring.
Manny Hidalgo, executive director of Shepherd's Table, told the Montgomery County Council at a public hearing that the nonprofit needs an affordable parking-permit option to keep volunteers serving at its Silver Spring meal site.
"We have lost more than half of the available parking, leaving only 15 spaces for a building with 50 employees between us and interfaith works and dozens of volunteers and hundreds of meal and shelter guests," Hidalgo said. He described reliance on about 36 volunteers daily "—12 per meal service"—and said the loss of parking from construction at the Silver Spring train station has made volunteer access and logistics difficult.
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