PROVINCETOWN – For the second year in a row to attract spring visitors, it is free to park in Provincetown’s municipal lots for the month of April.
Also, Robert O’Malley, owner of Beachfront Realty, recently sold a tandem parking spot in the west end of town for $70,000 – which is $35,000 for each spot. He also sold 10 spots recently in the center of town for $29,000 each.
This is the story of a small seasonal tourist town as told by parking. It’s more interesting than you might think. Seriously. You need to park, right?
This is the story of a small seasonal tourist town as told by parking. It’s more interesting than you might think. Seriously. You need to park, right?
“No one goes some place to park,” said Provincetown Town Manager David Panagore. “You are going to do something else and parking becomes a barrier to entry, or not.”
And here at the tip of Cape Cod, the question of how much of a barrier that parking presents to people is a complicated one with a simple calendar-based answer.
Why April Is Free
Officially, the season in which the Provincetown municipal lots charge money goes from April 1 to October 31, said Dominic Rosati, town parking administrator. It was a perfectly-framed season: April Fools until Halloween.
But last year, as an experiment, April was free. This year, April is free again.
“This is a huge thing,” said Rosati. “We are going to advertise this as a great partnership with our businesses.”
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