CHOICE AVENUE LOT
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t the corner of Choice Avenue and South Meaders Street, the lot located across from the Dahlonega United Methodist Church is the smallest of the three proposed parking areas
reviewed as part of the Dahlonega Downtown Renaissance Fellowship. Although not far from the public square, this lot is more difficult to find than the other two proposed sites. Unlike the other parcels studied, this lot is not adjacent to any major arterial streets and is not visible from the public square. In addition, no signage exists to guide visitors from the public square or surrounding arterial streets to this location. This property is already controlled by the City of Dahlonega and used for public parking, so it potentially could immediately be developed into a downtown parking deck. However, size constraints, site context, the narrow width of the property, the need for truck access, and the internal circulation requirements all make developing an efficient parking deck on this site challenging and less feasible than at the other two potential sites studied. The angled parking along South Meaders Street would need to be removed or significantly altered to fit an aboveground parking deck into this narrow lot and incorporate community requirements such as a service area with truck access at the adjacent 47 Park Street property currently undergoing restoration. Each potential parking deck site has strengths and weaknesses that community leaders will need to carefully consider.
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