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Related: About this forumPike Place parking: Rising prices leave vendors questioning future
Vendors at one of the oldest open-air markets in the country are worried about how expensive it's becoming to work there.
A change announced Monday by the Pike Place Market Preservation & Development Authority will boost parking rates at the market garage from $12 per day now to $30 per day in August in order to prioritize parking space for customers.
Several of the markets 250 craft vendors whose businesses already operate on thin margins say that's a rate they're not sure they'll be able to afford.
"It's a labor of love for a lot of people, and because of that, a lot of these businesses exist right on the edge of feasibility," said Russell Price, who runs a dog treat company called Adventure Days at the market with his wife. "Too many little bites like this eat away at that."
The $12-per-day early bird rate will first increase to a $18 per day before the early bird rate goes away completely in August. That's when the $30-per-day rate starts, causing a spike from $240 per month to $600 per month for vendors who are at the market five days per week.
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http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2015/07/02/pike-place-parking-rising-prices-leave-vendors.html?ana=e_du_pub&s=article_du&ed=2015-07-03&u=ColXVN5SPzQtLHFP87ho2w07857290&t=1435966137
pscot
(21,024 posts)Not ideal, obviously, but $600 a month is a killer.
montanacowboy
(6,101 posts)fruit, veggies, etc. on the bus?
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,192 posts)pscot
(21,024 posts)in their cars? I thought produce came in in trucks. Those parking places are probably worth a lot more than $30 a day if they're allowed to turn over every hour or so. Does the city get the revenue or is it just going to Diamond parking?
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,192 posts)Please read the article
pscot
(21,024 posts)Not I.