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Downtown residents and property owners urge action after repeated safety complaints at Owensboro parking garage
Summary
Residents and building owners told the Owensboro City Commission during public comment that racing, drug activity, nonworking cameras and an elevator outage have created a safety hazard at the downtown parking garage and alleyways leading to Smothers Park.
Several downtown residents and property owners raised safety concerns about the city-owned downtown parking garage during the Owensboro City Commission’s Sept. 2 public comment period, asking for more police presence and repairs to cameras and the elevator.
"I've sat on the roof and watched this stuff go on for hours, and I never see a police officer," resident Steve Norton told the commission. He said people race inside the…
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