<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Greetings,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Our city is considering eliminating free parking in our Downtown.  Has anyone else gone through this transition and would you be willing to share the impact that it had on businesses?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Thanks!</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="m_-4923056269640808509gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size:small">Mindy Aisling</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size:small">Executive Director</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size:small">--------------------</font><div style="font-size:12.8px"><div title="WISESTAMP_SIG_a0c8802ae076e26a85147578be5f21bd" style="font-size:small"><table style="max-width:600px;direction:ltr"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="max-width:470px;padding-bottom:10px;margin-bottom:8px"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="470" style="width:470px"><tbody><tr valign="top"><td style="padding-left:10px;width:10px;padding-right:10px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1-ao1XqSWKmxVF5_gQGs_gthlRITrrtw_&export=download" width="65" height="96"> </font></td><td style="border-right:1px solid rgb(69,102,142)"></td><td style="text-align:initial;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;color:rgb(100,100,100);padding:0px 10px"><div style="margin-bottom:5px;margin-top:0px"><b><font style="text-align:initial;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Downtown Bend Business Asso</font><span style="text-align:initial;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">ciation</span></b></div><font size="1">Talk or Text - 541-788-3628    <a href="http://www.downtownbend.org" target="_blank">www.downtownbend.org</a><br>916 NW Wall Street in Downtown Bend Oregon</font><br><table width="470" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:470px;margin-top:5px"><tbody><tr><td style="color:rgb(141,141,141)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"><span style="display:inline-block"><i><br><div style="text-align:center"><i style="text-align:initial">We are a nonprofit committed to increasing </i></div><div style="text-align:center"><i style="text-align:initial">the vitality of Downtown Bend.</i></div></i></span></font></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="margin-top:10px"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr style="padding-top:10px"></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><br></td></tr></tbody></table><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>