More free parking in Downtown Ocala

[City of Ocala]

The parking lot at the intersection of Southwest 1^st Avenue and West Broadway Street in Downtown Ocala has now been made free to use for the summer.

Now that parking restrictions have been lifted here at Lot 7, 36 parking spaces will be available for the public to use.

Visitors can park there free of charge, seven days a week at all times. No overnight parking is allowed. Trailers may not be parked in this lot.

Parking availability in downtown is also expected to improve once the new parking garage opens. Construction for the new parking garage is anticipated to begin in October. The garage will be built at the site of the Mount Moriah Baptist Church, since the city purchased the property in 2022.

To see other recent changes to downtown parking, read our previous coverage.