Anonymous
By an edhat reader
The line of cars was crazy to get into Target’s parking lot.
By an edhat reader
Shoppers should be aware that La Cumbre Plaza is stating Target shoppers cannot park in their lot. KEYT posted a story that the Plaza manager is going to see how it goes before installing signs and hiring a towing company to enforce parking.
There are less than 100 spots for the Target store but more than enough in the La Cumbre lot, which will probably bring business to the plaza as well.
Bev Mo got all kinds of hassle for their perceived possible traffic and parking lot issues. Chick-Fil-A and Target, you’re welcome.
8 weeks from now this won’t be an issue.
Yeah, who would have thought this would be good location. But it appears that Target’s Site Location Team has hit a home run on this one! Cars are lining up and this weekend the store will really be packed with customers.
Ed, file this one under “Duh”. This is the city of SB mind you. The very same people who built the $26million Granada parking garage and forgot an entry lane…
Next stop – Chick-Fil-A…
That’s not at all what happened, though the truth isn’t much better. Somehow, parts of a survey were shifted multiple feet, and the design was created based on this survey under the assumption that the street was wider than it actually was. The mistakes weren’t found until much, much later, I believe not until construction had already begun (not 100% sure on the exact timing)
Oh what Fun Parking Wars there’s always the bus.
I don’t know why Target didn’t take the old Sears building instead of the one they are in.
It would have made all the sense in the world. Just think of all that wasted parking space!!
The solution is simple: station at least one police officer at the site where through traffic is being blocked and just start writing tickets. That horrible fast-food chicken joint in the 3700 block of State Street still backs up traffic around the noon hour, despite posted signs saying you can’t do that. As long as no one gets ticketed, this will continue.
Just go to Smart and Final or CVS.
Maybe Target took a page from Trader Joe’s play-book – always place stores in locations with limited parking. When people see the place is crowded, they conclude it must be a good store! Genius.
It won’t be long before the Goleta Target opens, with plenty of parking. It’s a longer drive for Santa Barbarans, but you’ll avoid the 1% sales tax penalty SB charges for shopping within the city limits.
Yes, but a better option would be to put a multiplex cinema in the old Sears building. That alone would bring La Cumbre Plaza back to life.
I drove by this morning (Friday), 9:45a.m., parking lot was half full. Go early. I think they open at 8am.
This really cracks me up people saying “Just park at Panera” or “Just use the La Cumbre parking lot.” What a bunch of yahoos. Why should the owners of either of those lots be maintaining lots and repairing lots as a service for Target?
Parking at Panera makes more sense in that it is closer to Target than “the mall.” However, If you take the MTD 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, or 11, you don’t need to worry about parking at all. MTD to Target = saving our planet one bit at a time.
Don’t reward POOR POLICIES at the city. Supporting any company without sufficent parking increases the chances that more BAD polices at the City will be pushed. Developments like this offload their parking demand to City streets while increasing the value of a commercial property NOT paying its fair share. Residents need to reconsider where thy spend their money and the policies the City uses to get taxpayers to supplement the income and real-estate values of the 1%.
The only reason the city of SB allowed this Target is because when they jacked up the sales tax by 1%, they then realized that people would go shop Target in Ventura or other places and the dollars would leave SB. This was their poor attempt to keep the money in SB. Bad location, bad parking, small store etc.
Yes, it’s always such fun to bring home a floor lamp and other assorted sundries on the bus. Good grief!
I highly doubt if they really “forgot it”.
What? People waiting in line to take their turn are to be ticketed? What a silly idea.
There is nothing at that Target that one can’t get at any Vons, CVS/RiteAid, Bed Bath & Beyond, or HomeStore in town. Skip it.
And that is precisely why so many of us are so thankful that this Target is now open. Now, instead of going to five different stores, we can just go to one for nearly everything that we purchase. I wish there was a “mini” Target on the Eastside. Using public transportation to do our shopping is going to be soooooo much easier now.
Honestly I just go because I like the drive. I probably won’t even go to the “mini” Target here
How does trespassing on someone else’s parking lot if you are shopping at Target “save the planet”? Does putting Panera out of business work by stealing their parking places work into this grand plan?
I am proud to say that I have never, and will never eat at Chic-Fit-A. They are homophobes that supported prop 8 full of hate and gave lots of money to conservative politicians. That place backs up traffic every day. Saw it yesterday. Just say NO to that horrible fast food chicken joint.
BIGUGLYSTICK. Hear, hear. I am with you 100% on this one. Seeing vehicles block that right hand traffic lane makes me grit my teeth every single time.