I would like to strongly disagree with Mr. Vayo about the Plymouth downtown parking.
When I came to Plymouth in 1972 to open my art shop (Golden Gull Studios) at 42 Court St., parking was terrible then, and [it] has become worse. I was able to build a new location on the waterfront with my own parking five years later. Parking is lost every time the town beautifies some area of the waterfront or the downtown. Outdoor dining is another thing that causes a loss of parking.
It is time for an independent survey of the parking situation and for the Select Board to take another look at the plan for a parking garage attached to Memorial Hall. It was a beautiful building combining parking and retail.
Not everyone can walk the distances from parking to the stores downtown.
– Pat Evans Viella
Evans Viella founded Golden Gull Studios and sold it to David and Frimma Buckman in 1982. They closed the business in 2021 upon their retirement.