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Parking Bait

Amherst is anti-business, and is becoming more so every year.  On this July 17th 2006, the Select Board will meet to talk about raising the parking fines again, intentionally for the purpose of fundraising for a bus route.  Apparently, my talks, the articles that I have written to the Amherst Bulletin, and this top ranked site about Amherst Parking has done nothing to change their wrong minded thinking.  Strong businesses in Amherst will make more money for the town then parking fines.  Abuse of parking enforcement for the purpose of fundraising drives customers away from the town center and the businesses located there.

Businesses that serve the permanent residents of Amherst have all but been driven away, hardware stores, pharmacies, and food markets, to be replaced with businesses that only serve student interests, beauty salons, tattoo parlors, and comic book shops.  These stores have thrived because students can walk into town from the University and so for them parking is not an issue.  As far as the Town of Amherst is concerned, every other business in town is just a lure for collecting more parking fines.  These are the businesses in the town center that would benefit from parking provided by the town.

Amherst Barber

Amherst Barber

Amherst Books

Amherst Books

Amherst Brewing Company

Amherst Brewing Company

Amherst Chinese

Amherst Chinese

Amherst Cinema

Amherst Cinema

Amherst Hairstylist's

Amherst Hairstylist's

Amherst Typewriter

Amherst Typewriter

Antonio's Pizza

Antonio's Pizza

Arigato Sushi

Arigato Sushi

Barselotti's Bar

Barselotti's Bar

Barselotti's

Barselotti's

Bart's Icecream

Bart's Icecream

Black Sheep

Black Sheep

Blue Sky

Blue Sky

Brown and Hart

Brown and Hart

Bucci Hair

Bucci Hair

Bueno Y Sano Resturant

Bueno Y Sano Resturant

Chez Albert

Chez Albert

Clay's Clothing

Clay's Clothing

Collective Copies

Collective Copies

Crazy Noodles

Crazy Noodles

Delano's Resturant

Delano's Resturant

Design Supply Studio

Design Supply Studio

Eagle Crest

Eagle Crest

Elegant Nail Spa

Elegant Nail Spa

Fatzo's

Fatzo's

Food for Thought

Food for Thought

Footware Den

Footware Den

For the Record

For the Record

Fresh Side

Fresh Side

Fretted Instrument

Fretted Instrument

Hair East

Hair East

Healing Arts

Healing Arts

Indian Resturant

Indian Resturant

J Austin Antiques

J Austin Antiques

Jefferey Amherst Bookshop

Jefferey Amherst Bookshop

Jone's Library

Jone's Library

Judy's Resturant

Judy's Resturant

Kamin's Real Estate

Kamin's Real Estate

Knowles Flower Shop

Knowles Flower Shop

Left Click

Left Click

Lincoln Real Estate

Lincoln Real Estate

Little Black Dress

Little Black Dress

Lone Wolf

Lone Wolf

Lucky's

Lucky's

McMurphy's Tavern

McMurphy's Tavern

Michelson Galleries

Michelson Galleries

Mistery Train Records

Mistery Train Records

Monkey Bar

Monkey Bar

Panda East Resturant

Panda East Resturant

Paradise of India

Paradise of India

Past E Basta

Past E Basta

People's Bank

People's Bank

Rao's Coffee

Rao's Coffee

Ritz Camera

Ritz Camera

Russell's Liquors

Russell's Liquors

Soup'er Bowl

Soup'er Bowl

Tattoos

Tattoos

Thai Resturant

Thai Resturant

The Henion Bakery

The Henion Bakery

Unitarian Meetinghouse

Unitarian Meetinghouse

Veracruzana

Veracruzana

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This Community Action web site was inspired by Claire McGinnis,
Hearings Officer for the Town of Amherst
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