Food trucks wanting to use the area on the corner of E. Main Street and S. Fountain Avenue will pay a yearly fee of $100 to park where the old ice skating rink was located.
The fee includes access to electricity.
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After several food trucks were displaced from parking in front of Winans Chocolates & Coffees on Fountain Avenue, the city of Springfield wanted to work with local food trucks and business owners to find a “happy medium,” Logan Cobbs, Assistant to the Springfield City Manager said.
Several food trucks relocated because of a new regulation requiring food trucks to maintain a 75-foot distance from brick-and-mortar restaurants.
“Food trucks are popular and we wanted to give access to those business owners in a way that made sense to existing brick-and-mortar restaurants,” Lough said.
The Christian Bros. Meat Company food truck is scheduled to use the area today for lunch between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
“It’s really going to create a space where you can invite multiple food trucks to come to downtown Springfield,” founder of Christian Bros. Meat Company, Jacob Christian, said.
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Christian said he is looking forward to working with the city to make the plaza “a destination” for people to eat and socialize.
“We want Springfield to be the best city in Ohio,” Christian said. “We’re doing our little part to rebuild the city, to help revive the city.”
The Christian Bros. Meat Company is expected to be at the plaza at least every Thursday and Friday.
Bringing food trucks onto the plaza is another part of growing downtown.
“It’s really a good service for our residents as a whole,” Lough said. “This is just one more piece of growth in downtown that’s really making our community thrive.”
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