Who would have thunk it? Asbury Park brought in over $100,000 in parking costs alone in the last three months. The Asbury Park Press reports:

The city brought in close to $1,200 a day in three months of the new paid parking on the waterfront, City Manager Terence Reidy said in a recent report to the City Council.

Reidy said the system of parking pay stations using numbered parking spots brought in a total of $105,000 from the first two months of enforcement last summer and one month this summer.

For some reason that number strikes me as amazing. It’s the result of both people coming back to Asbury Park in the summertime and the town actually preparing to host these people in the proper way (which does include paying for beachfront parking). Also, this story is complimented by the fact that the downtown merchants have prepaid for consumers to use one of the city’s parking decks – free of charge – for the summer.

Asbury Park is putting together the right mix in their downtown and beachfront area. I hope the momentum continues and the City keeps bringing in more tourists and more dollars!