Saratoga Springs celebrates free parking

Drivers park free until Memorial Day weekend, 2026.

From left: Saratoga Chamber President Todd Shimkus, Downtown Busienss Association President Deann Devitt, Commissioner of Public Works Chuck Marshall and President of Discover Saratoga Darryl Leggieri.

The City of Saratoga Springs officials turned off the parking meters today in what Saratoga Chamber President Todd Shimkus called “a celebration of free parking” that lasts for 264 days a year.

This was the second year in a row that the city had charged for parking in city-owned garages, on streets and surface parking lots.

“So we are here to celebrate the fact that we are turning off our paid parking meters and a reminder to everybody that loves to come to Saratoga to dine and to shop and to walk around through Congress Park and go to our museums and all of the things that now you can do that without having to pay to park from now until at least Memorial Day,” said Deann Devitt, president of the Saratoga Springs Downtown Business Association. She also is a commercial loan officer and assistant vice president with Adirondack Trust Company.

Devitt and Shimkus were joined by Commissioner of Public Works Chuck Marshall and Discover Saratoga President Darryl Leggieri.

Marshall said that the city will not hit its projected revenue for the parking of about $465,000, but that it is a workable situation with the revenue over $400,000 and paving budgeted at $250,000.

However, that is only one portion of the parking system.