HomeMy WebLinkAboutPublic Comment from Bean in Opposition6/9/2026
Fm Catherine Bean
Bottom line, this “idea” is a travesty. I had two retail stores in downtown Hyannis (3
Barnstable Road and 448 Main Street) for 12 years. The homeless folks wandering the
street, loitering in my portico on rainy days, publicly urinating in the “outside corners@ that
are visible to customers INSIDE my store, using outdoor power outlets to charge their cell
phones, emotional outbursts with one another, loitering on the corner of Main and Winter
at 7 am after “dismissal” and beginning as early as 3 pm to hopefully get a bed that
day…was a huge issue and one that the Hyannis BID worked tirelessly to resolve will simply
all be relocated to an area that I feel is worse! Folks that don’t get a room will be sleeping at
the Cape Vod Melody tent, Steve & Sue’s mini golf “hideaways”. WHY did HAC build a $5.5
million dollar office complex vs. using this money for a homeless facility large enough to
house 100 people, with rec room, gym and training facility in a part of town on the B Bus
line?!? With open green space, etc.? The “propaganda” re: people living at Winter Street
location is a farce in my opinion. I saw the faces, day in and day out, for my 12 years in HYA.
REVOKE APPROVAL!