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In the "Distance To Work" topic, Elaine said that she said it takes longer to get where she parks at work than it does for her to get from home to work.

In a week or so the Nieman Marcus beauty salon is moving into our center on the stipulation that no employees or employers can park in the parking lot. I sure hope it brings in some good business. Arrrrghh! There just isn't much parking elsewhere.

Where do you park? Do you have to pay for parking? My co worker and I have joked about buying the tiny house next to our center to put in a parking garage which is joke in itself since they want $250,000 for it. Of course we would charge to park there!
 
Jo, you know you're one of my favorite people in the WHOLE world.

Well, maybe you didn't know that, but now you do.

But is there a reason why you're not posting these questions on Warped? Any reason why I shouldn't MOVE this thread to Warped?

I'm not questioning the validity of the topic. Lord knows I'm not the one to question the validity of ANY topic. But it just feels Warped.

Oh, I park about six feet from my back door. This is a luxery I never enjoyed in any of my previous four (I think it's four) locations. With the remote starter my wife gave me for Christmas, I can start the car ten minutes before I leave from inside my shop and it's warm in the winter or cool in the summer when I leave.
 
Jerry!!

You've just changed the entire complexion of the thread. Now it sounds like a business topic.

We can't have those on Warped.
 
Must be very peaceful out there in appleton. use a remote starter around here and some 13 year old will steal your car and take it for a joy ride. There is a clause in ur lease giving the landlord the right to limit the number of parking spaces we can use and he can designate an employee parking area for all employees of the shopping center. Hasn't done so. I have an end unit that was a bank so I park in one of the drive through lanes.
 
Katman, it's not THAT peaceful.

If you touch the brake or put the car in gear without the key in the ignition, the engine shuts down.
 
That was my first thought, Jerry, then I remembered that I'm supposed to be a grownup. Yeah, it'll be good for business.

Like katman though, I'd prefer to be able to see my car. There are some shady characters around here and I'm not too crazy about walking around in the dark or when no one else is around. I'll get over it.

It is warped, but it's something nearly all of us have to deal with.

I don't care where you put this topic, Ron, see Jerry's second reply. :D :D
 
I've heard the sun doesn't shine in Seattle but I checked, and they aren't interested in where we park.
 
You'd expect a smart aleck remark from a "homebased" framer ("anywhere I please, thank you very much", etc) but this is something we take very seriously.

Since my shop is in a separate building near my house there is usually lots of room to park anywhere, but we always make sure that there is a space right at the door for any customer.

My employee knows to park so that the easiest to get in and get out spots are open.

I do a lot of pick up and delivery, so a lot of my best customers have never been to the farm, but the 1/2 mile drive down through the farm is a source of "such relaxation" to the folks who do come out, that we try to keep it nice.

That has been a "niche" point for us. In fact, the last 4-5 customers this week have made such a "big deal" about how "nice and quiet" it is out here, that it has made me question (again) if I really want to move.

Betty
 
We're in a part of town with metered parking. There are free lots in the next block. I have to park quite a ways away, in an employees parking lot (with other employees from the same building)

The distance to the car doesn't worry me for security reasons, it's just a pain, especially in bad weather.

The metered parking has an interesting side effect, though. We have to keep change on hand for our customers, for when they forget to bring quarters for the meters. People who don't care about frames come in looking for change. (they don't get any, the change is for customers) Employees from the art supply, and the frame shop across the street come over looking for change when they run out. Fortunately, there is a bank only a block away.
 
In my driveway
 
Jo,

If you are a renter in your center, why would a stipulation between N M and your landlord be binding on you? Check your lease. If that parking restriction is not there (including the right for your landlord to add new rules), I don't think it should be easy for your landlord to change your parking rights.

Pat :D
 
I park in a big car park in the middle of the town.I have only been taking the car in lately in case I have to fly up to the hospital with Gail.

The street the shop is in is a one way street with about four parking spaces for punters.There are three spaces that only doctors are allowed to use and a couple for disabled folks.The spaces for punters are also voucher parking spaces.This is similar to meter parking but you buy a scratch card from one of the shops and scrape off the time and date etc.Basically a hassle introduced by numpty councillors who have no idea about business or trade.

Don,t start me.

I actually hate driving into work.I much prefer walking even if its raining.When I do park in the street near the shop I usually stick it round the corner next to the fort in the old walled part of the town.Ayr is not very car friendly to be honest.Its an old town with lots of narrow wee streets.

Auld Ayr,where ne`er a toun surpasses

for honest men

and bonnie lasses
 
I park in a municipal parking lot at the very end so as not to get my car dinged up too much. There was no parking with my lease because the landlords lived upstairs. Now, they have moved into a house and have offered a parking spot for during business hours at $60 a month and I take care of snow removal. Basically, you need to be a contortionist to move a car in and out of the spaces and not get hit in the process - I don't have time for snow removal for what would be my spot, and I'm sure the other spots are not going to get the attention I would want them to get so I won't get stuck. When they first mentioned getting a spot, I thought - cool, no more walk, but the more details I got and the more I thought about it, I kind of enjoy the walk since I'm in the gallery all day right now.

So, I will keep walking from the free parking lot that includes snow removal and the parking spaces are wide!!

elaine
 
Does the phrase "submarine races" carry any meaning to anyone else out there (with respect to parking) or was that a regional thing where I grew up?
 
Ron, I first heard that expression from my 10th grade biology teacher... it goes back a few years, though!

So, now on to the important issue of parking.

I am in a freestanding building with two other stores (one a salon, one a pizza/sub shop) and we have ample parking. I am one space from the back of the building with a rear entrance - makes it easy when I need access to the vehicle for product/supplies.

The only problem is that the tenants that live in the upstairs apt. seem to like to park where they aren't supposed to (in lease!) which is out front of building - so we have to leave them gentle reminders!! The other problem is in the winter, especially this past one, the snow was so extensive it took over nearly half the back lot and we had tohave it bucket-loaded off the lot! $$!!

Nice convenient location!

Roz
 
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