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Street and sidewalk dining could soon become a permanent fixture in Santa Rosa. Next week, the city council plans to discuss expanding the temporary parklet

New Orleans is one of many U.S. cities extending COVID-era parklet programs and grappling with the permanent future of outdoor dining

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Orlando restaurant hopeful permit program for outdoor dining is extended Orlando City Commission will discuss this topic on Monday Updated:  ORLANDO, Fla. – Restaurants in Orlando have benefitted from extended outdoor dining space during the pandemic. The city is now considering a three-year extension of the Temporary Use Permit Parklet Program, which allows for parking spaces to be used to conduct business in a socially distanced manner. Maxine Earheart, who is the owner and namesake of Max...

The city of Medford’s Parklet Program turns parking spaces into outdoor seating for restaurants. Medford’s Beerworks says their parklets are sticking around. “We really want to keep it around for as long as possible, a lot of customers really want us to keep it around for as long as possible too because we have a lot of outdoor sitters, and it’s great,” said Amanda Malone, Beerworks employee. According to the city’s website, it’s working on drafting regulations that would make t...

Mothers of Reinvention From the moment Honolulu shut down in early March 2020, restaurants and bars have valiantly swiveled to counteract the pandemic’s effects. We have had a dazzling choice of takeout (with spots such as Senia turning it into a high art), chef kits (Pai Honolulu had a creative series), and premium produce (MW Restaurant sold farmer friends’ goods). But some are reinventing the integral idea of what a restaurant is. Alejandro “Aker” Briceño, the former Nobu Honolulu p...

Jersey barriers, parklets and pocket parks: Rockland Downtown Traffic Committee makes recommendations Sarah Thompson Downtown Rockland, in 2016. (File photo by Ron Hawkes) ROCKLAND — “It does not have to be a tourist town that we sell to others but avoid ourselves,” said Connie Hayes, Rockland resident and member of the 2021 Planning Committee for Downtown Rockland. On Wednesday, April 8, the 22-member committee, facilitated by Rockland Main Street’s David Gogel and City Councilor Louis...

The Athens-Clarke County Mayor and Commission debated accepting a training grant for the ACC Police Department and discussed plans for outdoor dining plazas and sustainable development in the city in an agenda setting session Tuesday evening. Commissioners discussed accepting a state grant of $221,500 for an officer training program for ACCPD, which will aim to reduce “the amount of force and levels of force used by officers,” according to the legislation. District 6 Commissioner Jess...

Downtowns are enlivened by doing the exact opposite of what we have tried in Hartford. Cities from Portland, Maine, to Portland, Ore., show just how important it is to prioritize walkability for a downtown to thrive. No downtown in the country has succeeded using the auto-oriented playbook that Hartford has leaned on over the last several decades

“This pilot the city had before COVID hit had some requirements that were [changed] for this new program, and I think it’s going to make it a lot more flexible, especially with how restaurants might want to use it,” says Popken, board president of the Congress for the New Urbanism North Texas. “There are two models — privately owned parklet space or public-owned for anyone who chooses to sit there or park their bike there. “The pilot had been designed for a public space, so a privat...