Glencoe Development Services Manager Taylor Baxter offers perspective on the village’s parking situation at a June 20 Committee of the Whole meeting as Village Manager Phil Kiraly listens in. The Village of Glencoe is set to embark on a new study of its downtown parking situation, amid the changing nature of the central business district and complaints about a lack of parking availability.
“It’s a perception issue and I do think we need to work on that perception,” Kiraly said at the meeting. Then on June 3, the village converted 32 spaces in the southwest commuter lot near the Metra station to three-hour free parking. Beyond parking, Kiraly also pointed to possible changes in the streetscape that he said was designed in 2001.