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Conway council tables Smashburger mobile food-truck franchise amid downtown parking concerns
Summary
The Conway City Council unanimously voted Jan. 21 to table final consideration of an ordinance that would grant a six‑month trial franchise to Project Smashburger for three downtown parking spaces, citing fears the vending unit would remove scarce public parking during busy evenings.
The Conway City Council on Jan. 21 unanimously tabled final consideration of ordinance CA 2025-0121a, a proposal to grant a nonexclusive six‑month franchise to Project Smashburger to operate a mobile food truck in three parking spaces adjacent to Kingston Street near Palmetto Taps.
Council members and downtown business owners raised repeated concerns that reserving three public parking spaces for a private vendor would worsen long‑standing parking shortages downtown on busy evenings. The council paused the item to allow the applicant time to explore alternatives and return with a revised location or plan.
City staff said the…
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