Are Parking Lots Ruining Your City?

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One of the easiest steps toward making your town stronger is by preventing one of its most important resource, land, from being wasted. Parking minimums stymie growth in towns. Citizens of Fayetteville, Arkansas realized this, and inadvertently began a movement by removing parking minimums, seeking to make it easier for entrepreneurs to rejuvenate empty buildings downtown. We went there ourselves to show you exactly what that looks like.

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About us: We seek to replace America’s post-war pattern of development, the Suburban Experiment, with a pattern of development that is financially strong and resilient. We advocate for cities of all sizes to be safe, livable, and inviting. We elevate local government to be the highest level of collaboration for people working together in a place, not merely the lowest level in a hierarchy of governments.

Historical footage courtesy of the University of Arkansas Pryor Center and Bob Fry
Renderings of Ramble Development and 2013 interview courtesy of the City of Fayetteville

00:00 Intro to Fayetteville
01:44 Why remove parking minimums?
05:53 Who opposes this?
09:44 Fayetteville's Response
11:01 Why this is about you