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Bundled against the 30 degree below windchill, people arrived at the Brainerd Post Office Friday, Dec. 23, hoping to collect things they had ordered to be delivered before Christmas.

Those wishing to address the council on the parking commission's recommendations can do so at the next meeting at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 6.

A look through the Brainerd Dispatch archives with Terry McCollough combing the microfilm for tidbits of history through the decades going back to 1921.

The recommendations from the commission are just that — recommendations. It is now up to city council members to decide if they want to implement any. In 2017, a Brainerd Dispatch reporter shed some context on the issue, physically counting 259 on-street diagonal parking spaces in downtown Brainerd and another 30 in the public Laurel Street parking lot.

Downtown Brainerd parking in spotlight as council talks maintaining fewer lots Among the recommendations discussed was the idea of discontinuing the citys lease on the Burlington Northern parking lot off Front Street. 5:00 am, Apr. 10, 2021 × The Burlington Northern parking lot off Front Street in Brainerd is leased by the city and then rented to residents for off-street parking. The city may discontinue leasing the lot in 2021. Theresa Bourke / Brainerd Dispatch Should B...