While the COVID-19 pandemic is not over, Frisco Town Council doesn’t see a need for the Frisco Pedestrian Promenade to return for summer 2022 with occupancy restrictions mostly in the past. However, parklets might still be a Main Street fixture.
Opinions of the promenade have been mixed from businesses. When it came back for a second summer in June, co-owner of Next Page Books & Nosh Lisa Holenko said she was a fan of the aesthetics and safety it provided.
Later in the summer, Frisco Lodge owner Susan Wentworth didn’t see the value in it past 2020. She said businesses didn’t have the staff to handle the additional seating and the closure negatively impacted her business.
With the Pedestrian Promenade no longer being pursued, parklets — essentially portable decks on town parking spaces — might be the summer compromise. A future work session will discuss how exactly the parklets will be implemented.
Courtesy Summit Daily News.
