In recent months the parking problems that have long troubled some businesses and residents in Byram have worsened, according to a group of business owners who say the issues need to be addressed before they lead to notable losses in their bottom lines.
Several merchants along Mill Street representing businesses including an attorney’s office, bar, deli, pizza joint, hair salon and tattoo parlor have banded together to make their concerns known.
They say customer complaints about finding parking are not new, but there’s been a significant uptick this summer.
“I’ve always heard complaints but they were more sporadic,” said Kevin Allamashy, who’s run Executive Corner Deli and Catering on the corner of Mill and Henry streets for more than a decade.
“There was one week recently where I got a call every day with people mad they couldn’t find parking. I was offering to bring their sandwich out to them on the corner so they wouldn’t have to park,” Allamashy said. “That’s when I thought, ‘That’s the last straw. I’m losing money.’”
