Your Ideas: Boosting Business During the Summer Lull

As the weather warms and students leave for home, some businesses in College Park are adjusting operations to mitigate a dip in business during the summer months.

“It slows way down,”  owner Bobby Karanovich told The Gazette. He, and other business owners use various approaches to lessen the impact of a semi-depleted campus.

The city is also using new tactics, like free Saturday parking at the Yale Avenue garage and a , The Gazette reported.

Read the full Gazette story here.

Economic Development Coordinator Michael Stiefvater that the city would like to try other strategies, like temporary art projects in some of the vacant storefronts, and monthly downtown events during the summer. that can be borrowed for free from  and used with the sidewalk grid at Knox Road and U.S. Route 1, to attract more activity to that area.

What sort of tactics do you think local businesses and the city can use to combat the summer lull and absence of students? Tell us your ideas in the comments.