The parking authority has promoted nine employees to management positions as part of a rethinking of how to run its public garages.
The authority (aka “Park New Haven” in its rebranded incarnation) runs seven city garages and other surface lots with a total of over 8,000 parking spaces. Until now it has had its managers spread out across different facilities over different shifts. Now it will assign managers to specific facilities. This change will “increase our efficiencies and customer service at each of our parking facilities citywide and provide these hard-working individuals with new opportunities for personal career growth,” a press release quoted authority chief David Panagore as saying.
The nine employees promoted to supervisor spots are Lue Hemingway and George Reed (security), Harry Proscino (maintenance), Gloria Wilkins (accounting); and Yolanda McIver, Kwasi Oduro, Lakeisha Pendergrass, Frances Williams, and Naomi Williams (cashiers). Most of them live in New Haven, according to the authority.
New haven should stop building concrete self park garages and move to dense pack automated parking. It's a better use of space and doesn't have the massive repair/demo burden faced by concrete structures 15-20 years down the line.