MANCHESTER — At Monday’s first meeting of the Manchester Housing Task Force, member and town assessor Gordon Black was asked to run through a list of the potential town-owned and
First city-funded ‘parklets’ installed to provide public eating spaces
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With demand for outdoor gathering areas increasing along with warmer temperatures, a few more options are becoming available in Richmond through a pilot program that’s replacing on-street parking with pop-up patios.
The city started installing the first of five planned parklets in front of participating restaurants and businesses this week through its “Picnic in a Parklet” program. The prefabricated, fenced-off seating areas provide space for outdoor gathering and to-go dining in roadside parking spaces adjacent to the businesses.
The city purchased the five “StreetDeck” parklets from Montana-based Archatrak for $10,000 apiece. The first two are being installed at Joe’s Inn in the Fan and at Ethiopian restaurant Nile in Church Hill. The locations of the three others have yet to be announced.