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City continues effort to reduce parking woes Central Park Avenue corridor, which stretches from Lafayette Boulevard to Monroe BouleAfter Long Beach officials vard. The work in all three announced that the city would areas of the city is expected to overhaul parking in its three cost $150,000, $70,000 of which main business districts, the will be grant money. “We are here to focus on work of surveying the public’s opinions on potential solutions Central Park Avenue corridor’s unique challenges and brainbegan in earnest. The city hosted three work- storm and generate new ideas,” Celeste Frye, conshops — the first on sultant team presiSe pt. 29, for the dent for Public West End; the secWo rk s Pa r t n e r s, ond on Sept. 30, for said. the Central Park Desman Design Avenue area; and Management, Pubthe final one on lic Works Partners M o n d ay, fo r t h e and City Council East End. BARBARA members John “It’s like a race HARlAND B e n d o, B r e n d a n to g et a spot to Long Beach Finn, Roy Lester park,” said Barbara and Michael ReinHarland, who, despite living in Long Beach for hart worked with Long Beach only six months, has already residents, listening to their grown frustrated by the limited comments in the hope of forparking. “We’re all like vul- mulating a parking plan best tures, circling around,” she suited to the corridor. “We’ re more focused on added at the Sept. 30 workshop. “Sometimes you fear going out making sure that we have a and being social, because very clear understanding of you’re afraid you’re not going what you want and need going forward,” Andy Hill, director to get a spot.” That Tuesday, at the Long of consulting services at DesBeach Public Library, residents man Design Management, a and city officials discussed firm specializing in parking, potential parking plans for the Continued on page 12
By EESHA BUTT
Correspondent
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Irish Day in the West End The 36th annual Saint Brendan The Navigator Irish Day Parade and Festival, hosted by the Ancient Order of Hibernians’ Division 17 of Long Beach, took place in the city’s West End last Saturday. The beloved parade, which included roughly 1,000 marchers, made its way down West Beech Street. At right, Queens County AOH President John Moroney, left, with Donal Mahoney, a former grand marshal of the parade. Story, more photos, Page 3.
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t’s like a race to get a spot to park.