Richmond s parklet program gets mixed reviews
and last updated 2021-05-10 13:32:29-04
RICHMOND, Va. The City of Richmond is helping some business owners convert curbside parking spaces into outdoor seating for customers during the pandemic.
The extra seating is made possible thanks to Richmond s Picnic in a Parklet program .
Scoop, a small-batch ice cream shop on Strawberry Street in the Fan, now has a parklet out front where customers can enjoy ice cream in comfort and socially distant from others.
WTVR It hasn t even been a week, but we already have been like a big change and everything, Scoop s manager Becky McMorrow said about business since the addition of the parklet. It also allows [customers], to eat and then come in for more, instead of just enjoying it in their car on the ride home or something like that.
More ‘parklets’ placed as pilot program rolls out with assist from LaDiff
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Weeks after the first of the steel-structured platforms started showing up in front of city restaurants that requested them, Richmond’s pilot parklet program continues to roll out with more of the pop-up patios popping up around town.
The remaining three of five parklets that the city recently acquired have been placed, adding to two that kicked off its “Picnic in a Parklet” program with placements in front of Church Hill restaurant Nile and in front of Joe’s Inn in the Fan.
The three newest parklets are in front of Stir Crazy, a coffee shop on MacArthur Avenue in Bellevue; Hot for Pizza, on Leigh Street in Carver; and ice cream shop Scoop, on Strawberry Street in the Fan. The latter two were placed late last week.