Return of the Parking

So it's back to school time here at MCC, and while students are running around scooping up their textbooks and doing their last-minute class registrations, the MCC administration is also spending a considerable amount of time trying to get students, faculty, and staff prepared for the changes to come in the downtown Lowell parking scene!

With the arrival of our new neighbor, the University of Massachusetts at Lowell, into the new Inn and Conference Center, the availability of parking in the Lower Locks Garage has decreased.

In hopes of alleviating the backup and parking crunch at that garage, as well as the Davidson Street lot, day students are now required to park at either the new Early garage on nearby Middlesex Street, the Ayotte garage alongside the Tsongas Arena, or the Davidson Street lot.

Faculty and staff with pass cards will still be allowed to park at the Lower Locks garage, along with all of the other downtown garages.  Personnel who work at the college's Middle Street facilities will still be able to use the Roy garage on Market Street, along with the other city garages.

Part-time daytime faculty and staff will be able to get their parking receipts validated to enable them to park in the Lower Locks, Roy, and John Street garages.  The validator will be located at the Lowell Campus Manager's office on the 5th floor, or with the faculty secretary on the fifth floor of the Talbot Building.  Evening faculty, staff and students will be able to get their parking receipts validated in the lobbies of the City and Talbot buildings, for use in the Lower Locks, John Street and Roy garages.

Whew!  Got all that?  Now bring on the calculus and creative writing classes!