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Article: Board authorizes parking lot plan to boost business traffic\
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- Post-Tribune (IN)
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- July 3, 2008
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Vacant lot on the corner of 3rd and Main in Hobart could become a parking lot.(PHOTO) (LESLIE ADKINS/POST-TRIBUNE)
The Board of Public Works by unanimous vote Wednesday authorized the mayor to spend $256,300 to turn a vacant, downtown lot into a 14-space parking lot.
The vote to build the parking lot on the southwest corner of Third and Main streets came after the board listened to several residents who opposed the plan and several downtown business owners who supported the plan.
"To spend $256,000 for a parking lot is ludicrous," resident Larry Brown said.
He said the downtown area needed to be redeveloped before money was ...