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[The Wizard of BC]

The single, most damaging to vibrant business, problem facing Fernwood Village is the lack of parking.

On a Belfrey night the streets for three blocks around fill up. Residents resort to stolen orange cones and brush piles to keep the parking spot in front of their own home available till they get back from the grocery store.

In the past it was the bitter fighting among the FCA & the FCC that would chase away any new small businesses.

The Belfrey Theatre seating ???, The Cornerstone Cafe with seating for 20, A Tapas/Wine bar - seating 40, The Fernwood Inn -seating 60, Do Forno Pizza seating 15, then add She Said boutique, Dr. Hunter's Office, Shift clothing, AE Gothic Piercing, Strongback Landscaping, Twoney Tacos, Studio 1284 hair salon, VARCS, The methadone clinic, etc.

And if you don't count spaces in front of residential homes we have a total of 15 parking spaces in the Village.
Yes, you can use the parking lot of the Vic High, but how can you find it and how do you get to it.

Fernwood will never become Cook St. Village, Quadra Village or anything but what will has already become, "Little Funky Fernwood".

You can get City Council to waive the parking requirement for your resteraunt, but the adage "give me parking or give me death" is still true.

So, if you want to come to the new wine and Tapas bar, ride the bus, bike or walk, but leave your car at YOUR home.

[renthefinn]

Yes leave your car at Home! That solves the parking problem!