The Muskegon Parking Strategy was a collaborative effort between the City of Muskegon, the Muskegon Community Foundation, Downtown Muskegon Now, the Downtown Muskegon Development Corporation, and the Muskegon Lakeshore Chamber of Commerce.
The Downtown Muskegon Parking Strategy is about more than just parking. It is a strategy to enhance livability and vibrancy in downtown Muskegon.
It is a Strategy to generate economic development and increase downtown’s tax base.
It is a Strategy that seeks to increase mobility and accessibility by providing a range of modal choices and opportunities that include walking, biking, transit, and automobile.
This Strategy is provided to help downtown Muskegon address its parking with the end goal of making the community more livable. While opinions vary on what exactly makes a community livable, cities that lead in livability measures share some common traits. These communities are healthy, safe, prosperous, and walkable. They offer choices for efficient transportation to jobs, shopping, recreation, and education.
The City of Muskegon has completed a variety of Master Plans that have reinforced this vision of enhanced livability and vibrancy. While these plans continue to be implemented, downtown parking must now be seriously reevaluated in order to fully build the prosperous city that has been envisioned.