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| Saving Center in downtown Idaho Falls is going to be town down and about 40 paid parking spaces will no longer be available after the end of the month. |
Saving Center, on Memorial Drive between Broadway and A Street, is going to be demolished this winter.
The Idaho Falls Downtown Development Corp. sent an e-mail this morning to downtown businesses informing them that the parking lot at the old grocery store will be closed at the end of October.
About 40 people pay $15 a month to use the lot, said Bob Everhart, Downtown Development's executive director.
The building is owned by Vern Kelsch, who operated the independent grocery store for years. Everhart said work is scheduled to begin inside the building next week. He said the property ought to be more appealing without the building on it. "People can look at an open lot and get a better idea of what they might want to do with it," he said.
Meanwhile, the challenge is to find new parking places for the people who've been using the Saving Center lot.
There is free, all-day parking at the following locations:
- E Street and North Capital Avenue
- D Street and North Park Avenue
- Constitution Way between Yellowstone and Shoup Avenue
- Between Shoup and Park south of Chesbro Music
- North Eastern Avenue between Birch Street and Broadway
"We appreciate the opportunity we have had to provide parking for you at such a reasonable price for several years, knowing this day would come sooner or later," said Mala Lyon, Downtown Development's parking administrator.
