Third Avenue restaurants and retailers in Sturgeon Bay will be able to set up parklets for customers outside their businesses this summer.  That comes as the city further evaluates future applications for the concept.  The Parking and Traffic Committee considered the idea this week and voted to send it back to the Protection and Services Committee for further consideration. The parklet concept envisions using parking spaces in front of participating businesses. Parking and Traffic Committee Chair Kiersten Reeths says, for this summer, parklets will be allowed on portions of the sidewalks in front of those businesses.  Reeths calls this summer a time of evaluation for the parklets concept.

Reeths says the parklets concept has been successfully used by other Wisconsin communities.  Those include Milwaukee, South Milwaukee, LaCrosse and Manitowoc.