Latest Main Street Ravenna plan calls for fewer parking spaces

A rendering of Main Street Ravenna’s proposed downtown courthouse parking lot. Image by Implement Studios

Latest Main Street Ravenna plan calls for fewer parking spaces

- Wendy DiAlesandro

As Main Street Ravenna works on plans to build a more inviting city center, county commissioners are concerned about green space expansions that would reduce the number of downtown parking spaces.

Bill Barber, chairman of Main Street Ravenna’s design committee, told commissioners Thursday that his organization had counted 140 parking spaces currently in the double lot behind the courthouse. His group’s proposal would eliminate about 20 of those spaces, which would be sacrificed for grassy areas and other landscaping.

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