[Vision2020] 400 Verizon Employees vs. Area Growth

[Pat Kraut]

I worked for GTE from 1974 to 1985. In 1983 we were transferred to Coeur
d'Alene where I lived for seven years and then moved back to Moscow to
finish my degree. I talked tonight with another former employee (her eyes
rolled when I mentioned the parking issue) who reminded me that those who
worked downtown often had to move their cars every three hours. I do not
remember for sure when they acquired the lot by the taco place but it was
not available when I was still in Moscow. Or very close to it. I worked on
Howard and we had parking so didn't really worry about it myself but it was
an issue downtown from the time I moved here in 1962.
I'd still vote to tear down the 1912 building for a parking lot!


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill London" <london at moscow.com>
To: "TIM RIGSBY" <tim.rigsby at hotmail.com>; <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 3:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] 400 Verizon Employees vs. Area Growth


I do know a little about Verizon employees (formerly GTE employees) since my
wife was one (from 1984 to 1996), working primarily in downtown Moscow.
GTE/Verizon has three major sites in Moscow (just north of Roseaur's, on
Howard by the American Legion cabin, and downtown).  GTE/Verizon may have
had 400 Moscow employees at one point, but about 20 years ago the number of
employees downtown was about 100.
GTE/Verizon provided a parking lot (on Jackson Street where the taco wagon
is now parked) for their downtown employees.  But that lot was insufficient
and many employees used the public lot when the GTE lot was full.
BL

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "TIM RIGSBY" <tim.rigsby at hotmail.com>
To: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 10:06 PM
Subject: [Vision2020] 400 Verizon Employees vs. Area Growth


> Visionaries:
>
> NSA has asked a very valid question concerning parking downtown and
Verizon.
>   The question that has repeatedly come up is where did all the Verizon
> employees park when they worked near Friendship Square?  This is a great
> question and initially I wondered myself where they parked.  I have only
> lived in Moscow since 2000 so I really have no idea where they parked.  I
> would assume that the Verizon Employees parked behind Main Street in the
big
> lot across the road from the Daily News.  Carl could you verify this for
me?
>
> Anyway, if Verizon employees did in fact park in that lot, there may not
> have been a parking problem.  One number that keeps being tossed around is
> 400+ employees.  Well that leads me to a few other questions.
>
> First, when did Verizon quit housing employees in the current location of
> NSA?
>
> Second, what has Moscow's growth looked like in the last 10-20 years?
>
> Third, what has Latah County's growth looked like over the last 10-20
years?
>
> Fourth, what has UI's enrollment done in the last 10-20 years.
>
> Fifth, what about the growth of WSU/Pullman/Whitman County?
>
> Sixth, has the combined growth of Moscow, Latah County, UI, and
> WSU/Pullman/Whitman County increased over the proposed 400 former
employees
> of Verizon housed in the NSA building?
>
> Seventh, could this growth in population have anything to do with the
> current parking ( or lack thereof) in downtown Moscow?
>
> Here are some numbers as found on the US Census website and the City of
> Moscow website.
>
> 2004 Census listed Latah County at 35,169 estimated.
> 2000 Census listed Latah County at 34,935.
> 1990 Census listed Latah County at 30,617.
> 1980 Census listed Latah County at 28,749.
>
> 2000 Census listed Moscow at 24,955.
> 1990 Census listed Moscow at 18,915.
> 1980 Census listed Moscow at 16,513.
>
> http://www.ci.moscow.id.us/CommDev/CompPlan/Section7.pdf
>
>
http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFFacts?_event=&geo_id=86000US83843&_geoContext=01000US%7C86000US83843&_street=&_county=&_cityTown=&_state=&_zip=83843&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=860
>
> I would suspect then that Moscow grew at a faster rate than the number of
> employees that drove to Verizon during the same time period.  And even if
> Moscow did not grow at a faster rate, Latah County probably contributed a
> little to the parking issue downtown.
>
> Does anyone (CARL) have an answer to these questions?  Maybe the city
> council should look at these questions and research a bit.
>
> Tim Rigsby
>
> Revolution is not a word but an application; it is not war but peace; it
> does not weaken, but strengthens. Revolution does not cause separation; it
> generates togetherness.
> -John Africa, Strategic Revolution
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