Woonsocket Parking Reform
Parking Reform can be the difference between a building sitting empty or coming back to life.
Many older Main Street properties in cities like Woonsocket were built long before parking requirements existed.
Woonsocket Councilor Kristina Fox has introduced a parking reform ordinance that would assist in creating housing along mainstreet.
Today, strict minimums can make it financially or physically impossible to convert upper floors into housing or repurpose vacant storefronts, simply because there’s no room to add new parking.
The intersecton of Arnold Street, left,and Main Street, right.The Providence Journal
By easing or eliminating those requirements, adaptive reuse projects become far more feasible while creating new homes, supporting small businesses, and bringing more foot traffic to the area.
Stay tuned for updates as this proposal moves through the legislative process.
