A growing debate is unfolding in Shorewood over parking, accessibility, and affordable housing on 4450 North Oakland Ave.
Village leaders are considering selling a public parking lot in one of the community’s most densely populated corridors to make way for 19 affordable housing units. Some residents say the move would eliminate roughly 50 parking spaces in an area that already struggles with limited options.
The lot was built in the early 1980s after the village identified a parking shortage. Now, that same space sits at the center of a renewed conversation about how to balance infrastructure and housing needs.
Watch: Debate grows in Shorewood over parking lot sale and affordable housing plan
Shorewood residents debate parking lot sale
Makayla French, who lives steps away from the lot, says she depends on it daily…