Separation of Church and Parking Lot

How can we repurpose church parking lots for the better?

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In many cities throughout the South, churches require a lot of parking. A lot.

The map below shows a church in downtown Hickory, NC, outlined in red. The area of land highlighted in orange shows church parking.  The area in blue is vacant land owned by the church—mostly teardowns from the last decade or two—which was presumably purchased to u…