It’s well known that southerners hate parking decks, but a new move by the City of Greensboro that’s meant to draw more people downtown on the weekends will require using a deck if you want to nab some parking savings.
The City of Greensboro has just released a major 10-year strategic plan to completely overhaul the city’s downtown and make it more appealing, vibrant and livable. Those changes will take years to be made but one new change meant to attract more people has already been implemented: Starting Saturday, Oct. 4, visitors to downtown will find parking just a little easier on the wallet when they use the Church Street Parking Deck.
For much of 2025, parking in downtown Greensboro has been a nightmare due to the demolition of a large parking deck, local government and private sector construction projects that hijack parking spaces, a series of fall special events and the seemingly never-ending road repairs that also rob parking from downtown patrons…