On the corner of Washington Street and Van Buren Street, a lemonade stand and several yard games were set up in parking spaces as a part of Iowa City’s sixth annual climate festival. The Iowa City Department of Climate Action and Outreach utilized the parking spots in an alternative way to promote climate change initiatives.
On Friday afternoon, Iowa City hosted an event in which the city turned three parking spaces into a pop-up park to kick off the climate festival, as well as celebrate National Parking Day and the completion of several climate initiatives they have completed.
Initiatives such as the renewal of Iowa City’s fare-free transit service, which Sarah Gardner, the climate action coordinator of Iowa City, said is thought to have contributed to the reduction of vehicle miles traveled in the city by 1.8 million miles…