Fort Collins to implement use of new parking app July 1

Editor’s note: This report was updated to correct how the convenience fee is collected. BizWest received incorrect information.

FORT COLLINS — The city of Fort Collins has signed an agreement with a new parking fee collection provider — ParkMobile — that will ease the process of paying for parking and, if drivers want, help them find available parking spots.

Jeff Perkins, CEO of Atlanta-based ParkMobile, told BizWest that the service is a parking application that people can load onto their cell phones. It will enable drivers to pay for parking as they pull up to a parking space or enter a parking…