Rehoboth cuts ribbon on new parking building

Rehoboth Beach officials cut the ribbon on the city’s new parking meter building June 15.

Opened before Memorial Day weekend, the new building at 30 ½ Rehoboth Ave. houses the parking meter department, Rehoboth Beach Main Street and the city’s communications department.

Mayor Sam Cooper said this is the first time the parking department will have a building built to serve its needs.

 “It was sorely needed,” he said.

The previous building was a former law office that was retrofitted, he said.

The parking building is the first piece of the city’s $18 million City Hall rebuild, which includes a new City Hall building for city administration and the police department. Cooper thanked the city voters for approving a referendum last year that allowed the city to borrow the money to move forward with the project.

Cooper said, “This is kind of the appetizer. The entree is coming about a year from now.”

Cutting the ribbon are (l-r) Commissioners Stan Mills and Toni Sharp, Cooper, City Manager Sharon Lynn and Commissioners Kathy McGuiness and Paul Kuhns.