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A rendering shows the city’s planned second downtown parking garage, built as a partnership between the Texas Municipal League and Georgetown, which will replace the Red Poppy Lot at Ninth and Main Streets.

A rendering shows the city’s planned second downtown parking garage, built as a partnership between the Texas Municipal League and Georgetown, which will replace the Red Poppy Lot at Ninth and Main Streets.

Georgetown’s second downtown public parking garage marches forward

The City of Georgetown entered into a Parking Easement Agreement on Tuesday, September 8, with the Texas Municipal League Intergovernmental Risk Pool, so the entities can collaborate on a new parking garage that will be located at Ninth and Main streets.
A rendering shows the future public parking garage, looking at it from above Ninth Street. (Rendering courtesy CPM Texas)

A rendering shows the future public parking garage, looking at it from above Ninth Street. (Rendering courtesy CPM Texas)

Georgetown's Red Poppy Lot will turn into second downtown parking garage

Mere months after the public parking garage at Sixth and Main opened, the City of Georgetown is already working on its second downtown parking garage – this time as a partnership with the Texas Municipal League.
The ribbon cutters, from left, City Manager David Morgan, Council members Kevin Pitts, Ben Stewart, Amanda Parr, Jake French, Shawn Hood, Ron Garland and Ben Butler, celebrated the opening of the garage with city staff and employees from WGI and Swinerton, who helped build the garage. (Photo by Kaitlyn Wilkes)

The ribbon cutters, from left, City Manager David Morgan, Council members Kevin Pitts, Ben Stewart, Amanda Parr, Jake French, Shawn Hood, Ron Garland and Ben Butler, celebrated the opening of the garage with city staff and employees from WGI and Swinerton, who helped build the garage. (Photo by Kaitlyn Wilkes)

Downtown parking garage opens, adds 315 spaces

Georgetown’s first city parking garage — located at the corner of Main Street and Sixth Street — opened to the public on November 21, bringing more than 300 additional parking spaces to the Square.
A new mural has been painted on the downtown Georgetown parking garage, which should open by the end of this year. (Sun Archive)

A new mural has been painted on the downtown Georgetown parking garage, which should open by the end of this year. (Sun Archive)

How much does the new parking garage art cost?

Question: How much does the mural on the new downtown parking garage cost? What about the new, nearby longhorn sculpture? Answer: According to Georgetown Communication Manager Keith Hutchinson, the new mural being painted on the northside exterior of the garage will cost $45,000.
Longhorns are featured on the top left of the parking garage. They represent how the Chisholm Trail cattle drives used to go through downtown Georgetown. (Photo by Kaitlyn Wilkes)

Longhorns are featured on the top left of the parking garage. They represent how the Chisholm Trail cattle drives used to go through downtown Georgetown. (Photo by Kaitlyn Wilkes)

Downtown parking garage gets two art installations

The northside of the downtown parking garage will feature a mural from American graffiti artist Ryan Christenson, who is professionally known as ARCY. According to the city, the mural will highlight Georgetown’s history and present, with flora and fauna and cattle from the Chisholm Trail days.
The new brick color is darker than the Tamiro building, seen on the right, was chosen so it didn’t blend into the other building. (Photo by Kaitlyn Wilkes)

The new brick color is darker than the Tamiro building, seen on the right, was chosen so it didn’t blend into the other building. (Photo by Kaitlyn Wilkes)

Yes, the brick color changed on the downtown parking garage

Georgetown’s downtown parking garage inches closer to completion, and this month the exterior brick is being installed. The brick appears darker than what was displayed in planning renderings approved by the city.
Community member Larry Olson, who provided resident input on the parking garage, signs a beam that will go inside the garage. Other members of city staff and developer Swinerton also signed. (Photos by Kaitlyn Wilkes)

Community member Larry Olson, who provided resident input on the parking garage, signs a beam that will go inside the garage. Other members of city staff and developer Swinerton also signed. (Photos by Kaitlyn Wilkes)

Top floor of downtown parking garage finished

Georgetown city staff and developers celebrated the “topping off” of the Austin Avenue parking garage on Tuesday, April 8, bringing the addition to the downtown skyline one step closer to completion.
Georgetown City Council and representatives from architect and engineering firm WGI and construction firm Swinerton break ground on the new parking garage. (Photo by Kaitlyn Wilkes)

Georgetown City Council and representatives from architect and engineering firm WGI and construction firm Swinerton break ground on the new parking garage. (Photo by Kaitlyn Wilkes)

Georgetown breaks ground on parking garage

A project years in the making, the City of Georgetown broke ground on its first public city parking garage on March 26. The garage is being built at 502 South Main Street, about a block north of the Square and next door to the Tamiro Plaza residential and retail development.