Police are studying the loading zone at Main Street and East Avenue. Credit: Michael Dinan
New Canaan shouldn’t relocate or otherwise alter a frequently abused loading zone on Main Street, police said this week, because doing so would only move the problem elsewhere and risks an exacerbating intervention by the state.
Instead of making the loading zone at the East Avenue intersection shorter or moving it, or changing the times at which non-truck-driving motorists are fined for parking there the town should do all it can to notify drivers that it’s trucks-only from 7 to 11 a.m., authorities said during Wednesday’s regular meeting of the Police Commission.
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(KNSI) – Food insecurity has been exacerbated by the pandemic, but community-level advocates say affordable, healthy options shouldn’t get lost in response to hunger.
Kurt Vickman, the founder of Good Grocer, says the store centers around having 90-percent of staff as hired volunteers, reducing labor costs, allowing the store to offer a 20-percent discount for those who sign up for the work.
“The heartbeat and mission of Good Grocer is to transform the food system to make fresh, natural foods accessible and affordable to everyone in the community.”
The store will also fund a separate spot where local customers who qualify can get food at an even bigger discount each week. Aside from rising food costs, the area where the store is located saw many stores destroyed by riots last spring.
Police are studying the loading zone at Main Street and East Avenue. Credit: Michael Dinan
Municipal officials say they’re collecting data to help determine whether to change the parking rules or configuration in a long-discussed area of downtown New Canaan that’s seen a rise in recent years in service-oriented businesses.
Members of the Police Commission are asking an officer assigned to the downtown beat to observe the area of Main Street just north of East Avenue in the mornings. Officer Kelly Coughlin will gather information for police and parking officials so they can better understand how heavily a 7 to 11 a.m. loading zone there is used by delivery trucks, and whether those seeking to patronize businesses in the immediate vicinity have ample on-street parking spaces further up Main Street or across it, in front of Town Hall.
New Canaan Police Officer Kelly Coughlin. NCPD photo
Officer Kelly Coughlin started in the role of Community Impact Officer or ‘CIO’ Jan. 1, according to Police Chief Leon Krolikowski.
Established in 2014 following the armed robbery of a jewelry store on Elm Street and filled in the past by Officers Roy Adams and Ron Bentley the position has been cut for stretches of time in the past due to budget restrictions and staffing needs.
In October, the People’s Bank on Main Street was robbed at gunpoint, and between two brazen daytime thefts in November, more than $7,000 in merchandise was stolen from Ralph Lauren on Elm Street.
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