"Room for parking? That’s another story.
“This is really a question we should have answered last year,” said Melvin “Skip” Alston, chairman of the Guilford County Board of Commissioners. “We didn’t, so we’re dealing with it now.”
And this:
"Guilford County Sheriff BJ Barnes said at least 180 parking spaces are needed for the jail — and that’s just for detention officers who will run it day and night. The number of needed spaces climbs when support staff, lawyers and visitors are factored into the equation."
Mayor Perkins has a "solution."
"Greensboro Mayor Robbie Perkins said the city would be happy to partner with the county on such a deck. They could share the estimated $15 million expense of a 750 space deck and solve the parking problems of both the city and county, he said.
“We’re a willing partner,” Perkins said. “But they may not want to spend the money right now.”
You haven't enough room to park 180 cars so you plan to build a downtown performing arts center that will require parking for 3000 more. Plus tractor-trailers and tour buses. Are they aware that some performers have as many as 5-10 tractor-trailers per show? And several buses? And what about the bus loads of students and others who come to see the show-- where will they park? At the Durham Performing Arts Center perhaps? There are no truck stops in Greensboro and truck stops want paying customers, not empty shuttle buses. Makes sense to me, does it make sense to you?
The solution-- and it's really a no brainer-- is to place the Greensboro PAC in the little green circle in Northeast Greensboro.
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