Athens Downtown Development Authority wrestles with parking sign vandalism

WUGA | By Havivah Saltz

Published October 31, 2026 at 10:00 AM EDT

A parking meter pole downtown, missing its aluminum zone number sign.

When Athens switched from parking meters to pay-by-app parking this summer, aluminum ParkMobile signs were installed in front of every downtown parking space. But if you’ve been downtown lately, you might have noticed that most of those signs have been snapped off. The Director of Planning and Outreach for the Athens Downtown Development Authority, David Lynn, sat down with WUGA’s Havivah Saltz to discuss the recent rash of vandalism.

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Havivah Saltz

Havivah Saltz has been with WUGA since 2023 as an on-air host and the producer for African Perspectives. She got her start in radio on WOBC FM at Oberlin College (class of ‘23), and she’s also worked as an on-air host on Athens' Power 100.1 and Magic 102.1. She is currently WUGA's Senior Content Producer. Outside of work, you can find Havivah making art, writing fiction, practicing Japanese, petting her very round cat, and watching concerning amounts of TV.

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