NZP Initiates Charge for Parking

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Summary

The National Zoological Park begins charging a $1.00 parking fee. The Friends of the National Zoo operates the program, and 25% of the profits from the operation is used by FONZ for their educational programs at the Zoo, and 75% were held in escrow by the Smithsonian to partially defray the cost of a new parking facility to be constructed..

Subject

  • Friends of the National Zoo (U.S.)
  • National Zoological Park (U.S.)

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1973, p. 90

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

April, 1973

Topic

  • Parking lots
  • Policies
  • Finance
  • Business operations

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