Those already concerned about parking conditions for the Nov. 11-13 Fountain Festival of Fine Arts and Crafts, don’t worry.

For the last several years, artists and vendors parked their motor homes and rigs on the vacant property along the Avenue of the Fountains between N. Verde Drive and Saguaro Boulevard, during the festival.

The land is now a fenced-in construction site for the residential and commercial Park Place development.

The concern was that all vendors would be forced to move into 208 Association parking spaces, usually reserved for customers of adjacent businesses and handicapped visitors. In turn, the public would have to park farther away from the festival.

Chamber of Commerce events manager Sharon Morgan said Park Place developer Bart Shea volunteered to grade a vacant lot on the south side of the Avenue of the Fountain for vendor parking.

Morgan said the additional parking lot will handle at least two-thirds of the displaced vendors’ vehicles.

Business owners have expressed concerns about congested 208 parking. Some complained that the festival restricts the public to reach their stores, restaurants or commercial locations.

The Chamber of Commerce pays the 208 Association “thousands of dollars” to use the parking lots for festival-goers, said Morgan.