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Elachee looks to start charging for parking
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The Elachee Nature Science Center is looking at charging $5 per car and offering $50 annual parking passes.
Visitors to Elachee Nature Science Center may soon have to pay a parking fee. The environmental attraction next to the historic Chicopee Village off Atlanta Highway/Ga. 13 is looking at charging $5 per car and offering $50 annual parking passes, said Andrea Timpone, Elachee president and CEO. “We’ve done our homework in comparing other local (park) prices,” she said. Proceeds will go to ensuring security for the park, which has had several car break-ins, Timpone said “Plus, we have a school here now,” she said, referring to the Elachee Nature Academy, which operates kindergarten and first grade.