From the cover
Garage provides 315 downtown spaces
In a nutshell
Parking garage
Addressing parking woes The city's 2015 parking study found that one challenge facing the square was a lack of parking lots east of Austin Avenue. The downtown parking garage aims to address this shortage, city officials said.
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The city of Georgetown will open its first of several planned downtown parking garages Nov. 21, after press time, adding 315 parking spaces to the area. The $23.11 million garage is located on Austin Avenue and Sixth Street. “This is going to be a great amenity, and it’s going to be free,” McAuliffe said “So, people can park there and know that they don’t have to worry about a lot of parking fees like you might see in … Austin or somewhere else.” A parking guidance system—technology that directs drivers to empty spots—will connect with the city’s website so visitors can check if parking is available before they visit, Capital Improvements Project Manager Jennifer Bettiol said. Georgetown’s downtown development and special events department, headed by McAuliffe, will move into office space in the parking garage permanently, once opened. Additionally, the conventions and visitors bureau will temporarily move into the garage while their office is renovated, Bettiol said.
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Exisiting parking lots Square Williamson County Courthouse Public Library
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Existing parking spaces
Added parking spaces Austin Avenue garage: 315
City lots: 610 County lots: 237 Private lots: 222 On-street: 640
SOURCE: CITY OF GEORGETOWN/ COMMUNITY IMPACT
Total parking spaces: 2,024
Path to more parking
How we got here
Jan. 2020 City Council begins workshops on downtown parking garage July 2015 City conducts downtown parking study
contract with Swinerton in January 2023 before breaking ground on the project in March 2024. The city acquired the garage’s site, which was previously the Tamiro Plaza private parking lot that “no one was really using,” McAuliffe said. “We strategically did it where we have it currently in hopes that as more development comes down- town, we can be mindful of the impacts we have on the businesses down there,” McAuliffe said.
Georgetown first identified the need for a parking garage in its 2015 downtown parking study. At the time of the study, the biggest challenge for the downtown area, and especially the historic square, was “the overall lack of off-street parking” east of Austin Avenue, the analysis states. Five years after the study, the city began planning for the parking garage. After delays due to the pandemic, Georgetown identified potential sites for the garage in 2022 and approved the construction
Council selects Tamiro Plaza as the garage site
April 2022
Jan. 2023 Council approves garage construction contract March 2024 City breaks ground on the garage
Grand opening scheduled for downtown parking garage
Nov. 21, 2025
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