The Good and Bad of Ambleside

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The top five things that people like best about Ambleside are beach access, parks and amenities at the waterfront; the variety of small, local and unique shops and services; the friendly, safe, and well-maintained village atmosphere; and, the accessibility and walkability of the downtown and seawall.

The things that people complain about are mostly lack of parking and sidewalks in poor shape.

At the moment there is free parking in Ambleside. One suggestion presented lately was a system where residents would have free parking stickers for your car if parking meters were installed. I wonder if each taxpayer would be allotted only one sticker. This might be better than ‘residents only’ parking which some of the Lower Mainland uses.

I understand that there is a long term plan to improve sidewalks. It would be nice if this plan worked faster, especially for the shopping areas - in particular around 15th and Marine Drive.