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Denver Deploys Parking Angels To Give Away Free Parking

DENVER (CBS4)- Denver Public Works is giving away free parking for those shoppers descending on downtown Denver this holiday season.

Starting Friday, Denver Public Works Right Of Way Enforcement Agents will be distributing $5 ParkSmart parking cards to drivers parking at Denver's Smart Meters.

The agents, called "Parking Angels" will be giving away $500 in free parking through the end of the year.

When giving away the ParkSmart Denver cards, Parking Angels will ask recipients to pose for a photo with the card and their vehicle parked at a SmartMeter.

Those pictures will be posted on Twitter @DenPublicWorks and on Facebook.

ParkSmart Denver Cards make parking at Denver's Smart Meters even easier. The pre-loaded, credit card sized plastic cards can be used at any of the 6,000 Smart Meters throughout the city.

ParkSmart Denver cards can be purchased in $5, $15, $25, $50 and $100 increments with cash, check, Visa or MasterCard, at the following locations:

  • Metro area King Soopers stores at the customer service counter
  • Wellington Webb Building, 201 West Colfax Avenue,  First Floor Cashier Counter
  • Wastewater Management Building,  2000 West 3rd Street, First Floor Permit Counter
  • Downtown Denver Partnership, 511 16th St., Ste. 200
  • Both Denver Tattered Cover locations:
  • 2526 East Colfax Avenue at Elizabeth Street
  • 1628 16th Street at Wynkoop
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