HELENA Parking is a big topic downtown. At Wednesday's administrative meeting, the city commission heard more on the state of parking in Helena, including potential increases to downtown hourly parking rates.

That would be a terrible idea, resident Melissa Case said. I think nickel and dimeing folks to park downtown is gonna hurt small businesses. Increasing that is just gonna mean I think less people come downtown, and that I just think is gonna really damage the downtown corridor, and I think we can do better.

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City staff presented to the commission the potential of an hourly increase from $1 to $1.25 and an increase to monthly and annual permits. Additionally, it included an increase in violation fees for expired time or parking in restricted areas up to $30. Sta

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