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<p style="font-size: 120%; margin-top: -5px; font-weight:bold;">August 3, 2023</p>
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<div style="font-size: 110%; line-height:150%;"><h1 style="clear:both; margin-top: 75px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 130%;">Eighth and Cherry Parking Garage to reopen Friday, Aug. 4</h1>
<div class="content"><span style="padding-left: 50px;">(COLUMBIA, MO)</span> - Effective Friday, Aug. 4 at 5 p.m., the Eighth and Cherry Parking Garage, located at 14 S. Eighth St., will reopen to both permit and hourly parking. The parking garage has been closed for approximately six weeks for a renovation project. It is being reopened one week ahead of its previously anticipated opening date of Aug. 11, as stated in a <a style="white-space:nowrap" href="https://www.como.gov/CMS/pressreleases/view.php?id=8473">June 15 press release</a>. <br /><br />The contractor, Western Waterproofing, working together with City of Columbia parking utility staff, provided the following improvements to the parking facility:<br /><br />
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<li>Waterproofing or replacement of interior steel beams</li>
<li>The addition of a waterproofed surface to the driving lanes</li>
<li>The restriping of all parking spaces</li>
<li>The repainting of interior walls</li>
<li>The relocation of two ADA spaces to the other side of the first floor</li>
<li>A thorough cleaning of the facility</li>
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Additionally, on-street parking meters that have been reserved for hotel valet parking will also be restored to normal Friday at 5 p.m. This will free up 30 on-street hourly parking spaces in addition to the 39 hourly parking spaces that will once again become available inside the garage.<br /><br />This phase of maintenance at Eighth and Cherry Parking Garage cost an estimated $300,000, paid for with parking fee revenue. Future phases of maintenance, which will not require the facility to be closed, include roof repairs and the installation of new, brighter LED lighting throughout the interior. This work is expected to take place in the fall and winter.<br /><br />City staff appreciates the patience of the downtown community as repairs were made to the parking garage. There is no ideal time to close a parking garage, but summer was chosen for this project due to the fact that there are fewer students in town during this period.<br /><br />Permit holders at Eighth and Cherry
Parking Garage are now being contacted by email to inform them that they can move their vehicles back to Eighth and Cherry Parking Garage beginning Aug. 4 at 5 p.m. Permit holders had been allowed to park in the permit sections of Sixth and Cherry Parking Garage and 10th and Cherry Parking Garage during the closure.</div>
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<div class="content"><strong>Location:</strong> <a style="white-space:nowrap" href="https://gocolumbiamo.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=62b0c3219184457b88d19cf44ce1f4a3&find=14 S. Eighth St." target="_blank">14 S. Eighth St.</a></div>
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