Summer is construction season in the upper Midwest. We’ve got a couple of them around City Center that are causing disruption – but it’ll all be worth it when they’re done. At least that’s what I tell employees to chant as they are driving in to work every morning.
This is the current view (see above)of the former berm that shielded the view of the Police Department parking lot from the access road that drivers use to access our building off of Mitchell Road. The entire berm is being removed. The material is being moved to the far west end of our building to form a new playground for the school-aged children that use our builidng as part of the School District’s regular programs here. Here’s what that looks like now:
We removed their playground last November to make room for more parking stalls for the C.H. Robinson employees that work in our building. This project will create 30 new stalls for our Police Department employees.
This is the view of the parking lot area (looking west towards Fire Station #1) that is directly outside the primary entrance into C.H. Robinson.
Here’s another view of the same project only this one was shot from the roof of City Center (photo credit: March Thielman)
C.H. Robinson is managing this parking lot expansion this summer to increase the number of stalls for their employees. They should add between 45-50 new stalls in this area. In addition to the new parking capacity, they will also be adding a new access into the parking lot to Scenie Heights Road. This new access will be handy for everyone that uses our builidng.
Parking around City Center has always been tight. During the past year, we added 66 new stalls last year for C.H. Robinson. C.H. Robinson is adding 45 (or so) new stalls this year for their employees. And the City is adding 30 (or so) new stalls for the Police Department. Hopefully these projects will make parking more convenient for not only the people that work in the builidng (City, School District, PROP, and C.H. Robinson employees), but also for the citizens who use our building.
