The parking garage in downtown St. Joseph is scheduled to open at the beginning of January. 

That’s according to St. Joseph City Manager Bruce Woody who said they are starting to put the final touches on the new parking garage, finish up tenant space and work on the restoration of the roads on three sides of the building at 9th and Felix.

“It’s been, certainly, an inconvenience, understandably, for the circulation downtown and, more importantly, to some of the businesses that are immediately nearby and adjacent… we certainly appreciate their patience and tolerance as that’s occurred,” Woody said. “In the early stages of designing the whole concept… I was excited about two things. Number one, elevating the parking spaces and returning some retail to that first floor. Number two, the aesthetics of the outside of the building, bringing back brick, something we lost too much of during urban renewal and getting rid of some of the 70s, 80s look that kind of cluttered downtown.” 

Woody said by Thanksgiving they anticipate having at least one or two of the roads around the building back open.