Many merchants say the city s decision to eliminate some on-street parking last August has hurt their business, making Northgate the only area of College Station where customers must pay to park. Willie Madden of Texadelphia says, If I would have known, I would not have bought the property, I would not have opened up the restaurant there. I would have opened it up somewhere else in College Station where the customers have somewhere to park. And Bernie Gessner of Aggie Cleaners says, We have three problems at Northgate with parking. We have a daytime problem, we have a nighttime problem, and we have a Sunday problem.
Church members say they have trouble parking throughout the week.
The city s new Northgate parking garage is set to open in August.