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A Remedy May Be In The Works For A Lack Of Parking In Arnolds Park

March 15, 2023 Steve Schwaller

(Arnolds Park)– A remedy may be in the works for a lack of parking in the uptown area of Arnolds Park. City Clerk Linda Nase says city officials have had some very preliminary talks with the Okoboji Bible Conference over the possibility of constructing a parking lot on some land the conference owns near Allen Avenue…

“They have acquired additional property and they’re designing a new campus or future look at their campus and there’s some extra property and so the city has contacted them to see if they would be interested, partnering with us, to create a parking lot for public parking as well as for their patrons throughout the summer.”

Nase says the amount of additional parking would be very significant…

“We’re hoping we can get approximately 125 to 150 parking spaces in there. You would enter the parking lot from West Broadway or from Ida Street and then exit the parking lot onto Allen Avenue and to the south.”

She adds it would fit in nicely with action the council took recently to make Allen Avenue a one-way street…

“Not only to help the flow on West Broadway but also in anticipation of building the parking lot and directing traffic that direction.”

Meeting in special session this (Wednesday) afternoon, the council authorized the city engineer to put together some preliminary designs for possible consideration.

Nase says it would be similar to a parking lot the two entities already share on West Broadway.

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