The City of Novato’s new seasonal street closure program, Living Streets, begins Friday, October 15. The Living Streets Program aims to create a safe, pedestrian and bicycle-friendly shopping, dining, and recreation environment on Grant Avenue, between Machin and Reichert Avenues, every Friday, Saturday & Sunday evening from 5pm to midnight through the months of April to October. This year, before cooler weather sets in, the City is temporarily extending the program through the weekend of November 19-21. 

As part of this program, the installation of new swing gates Downtown allows for shorter, targeted closures while leaving the street open to regular vehicle traffic during typical retail business hours. City crews will begin placing signs and clearing the two-block area of parked cars about an hour before the scheduled closures each weekend. Free parking in and around the Downtown area is available on adjacent streets and public parking lots. 

In June of 2020, Novato was the first community in Marin County to pilot a full street closure program to help our businesses and restaurants get back in business in Downtown Novato.

View Living Streets brochure & Downtown parking map
 
For more information on the program, email econdev@novato.org.