in apocalyptic darkness. People inmy city are going round and round with a big developer over the size and height of a garage soon to be builtwithin a soon-to-bemedical center.Wanting to have your say in the mechanisms and locations of parking in any form, especially when it’s near your home, could almost be a natural human instinct. And it’s just another sign that parking is of great consequence.


The quest Sharks hunt for food, people hunt for parking. It’s important to


find the “right” parking spot. The criteria change with the errand or the day.When I go to the gym, I look for the spot as close to the door as possible, because I really need to exercise and my time is very limited. I need to get in and out, and I don’t have time towastewalk- ing in a parking lot.But I have plenty of time to look for a good spot, get a sip of water, checkmy ponytail and find amagazine to read on the treadmill while I walk nowhere. For a person outside the industry, parking is an afterthought


that frequently turns into aminor concern and occasionally rears its head as a serious concern.Whether that concern strikes at the pock- et, the persona or the daily planner, it is real for only the short – or long – time it takes to be aware of the need for parking and the park- ing itself. We don’t all think of parking as a subject of vital importance,


but the parking industry can rest assured, based on our behavior, that it’s something we value with a vengeance.


Melissa Bean Sterzick is PT’s amateur parker and proofreader. She can be reached at Melissa@parkingtoday.com.


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Principals Become Sole Owners of Parking Consulting FirmGraelic


Charles Ignatz and Bryan Redlin, principal owners of


Graelic, have acquired the minority interest associated with their parking consulting firm.They willmaintain their roles as principal owners.The acquisitionwas completed inOcto- ber 2008. “We’re pleased to become sole owners of the firm,”


Ignatz said. “We plan to retain our Cleveland offices as headquarters and our office in Gig Harbor,WA.We also have opened an office inAkron, Ohio. From our strategic locations, Graelic will continue to maintain and expand its client base both nationally and internationally.” Redlin, who manages Graelic’s office inWashington,


has been associated with the firm since 1986. Ignatz, who joined the firm in 1988, manages its Cleveland andAkron offices.Both aremembers of the International Parking Insti- tute, National ParkingAssociation, the Parking Consultants Council and other industry organizations.


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