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.
Ryan Mavity covers Milton and the court system. He is married to Rachel Swick Mavity and has two kids, Alex and Jane. Ryan started with the Cape Gazette all the way back in February 2007, previously covering the City of Rehoboth Beach. A native of Easton, Md. and graduate of Towson University, Ryan enjoys watching the Baltimore Ravens, Washington Capitals and Baltimore Orioles in his spare time.
