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At your ‘service’

Church offers free parking, shuttle service all weekend

Who needs Uber or Lyft when volun- church outreach program just to let peo- funds are used to support the community
teers from Faith Baptist Church are ple know we are here.” service projects of the clubs like Special
available to provide an air-conditioned, As the festival will close an hour early Olympics, Lions, Rotary and Civitans.
comfortable ride to and from all the Fall this year on both Friday and Saturday, Without those volunteers, flow though
Festival fun? the shuttles will accommodate riders the lots would be subject to parking jams
As has become a tradition, the church until “the last person shows up needing a and even double parking. The volunteers
will provide free parking and transport ride,” Hooper said. He said he expected keep a close watch on parking availabili-
visitors to the festival from the church it to be a bit earlier, but that the shuttles ty and keep traffic in control, according
location at 45000 North Territorial Road, would run every 20 minutes or so from to Festival Chairman Eric Joy.
about a quarter mile west of Sheldon the church to the drop off point near city “If I have one piece of advice, it is for
Road. hall, right in the center of the action. people to take the shuttle,” Joy said. “It
The large shuttle vans driven by “We will pick people up there, too, makes the entire event far more pleasant
church volunteers will provide a ride who are ready to return to their cars,” he for everyone and the church volunteers
into the center of Fall Festival action. said. The church will welcome those do a great job.”
“We think this helps folks enjoy the waiting in line inside the air-conditioned The shuttle will operate for about a
festival without added stress of finding a building, he added. half-hour before the festival opens and
parking spot,” explained church member Most of the public parking lots in the for about half hour after it closes, or until
James Hooper who volunteers with the city will be manned by various service all the riders have been returned to their
shuttle service every year. “It's part of our clubs charging $5 or so to park. Those vehicles.