KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Free parking at the Kalamazoo Mall will soon be a thing of the past. While some community members are on board with the change, others feel it’s not the right time.
“I think is a bad idea,” said Lorenzo Williams, a Kalamazoo resident.
He told FOX 17 that downtown is hard to navigate and taking away free parking will only make it harder. “They keep stressing that they’re trying to make it more pedestrian friendly, in that they’re trying to get people to come to downtown. It’s hard enough to get people out here now.”
The owner of Exquisite Hair Design couldn’t agree more. Stephen Darden said with all the construction going on, it’s another inconvenience for his clients. “There was so much construction going on downtown that it’s already deterring for some people from coming downtown,” he said.
On the flip side, the owner of Rocket …