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By Cynthia Cole ccbid@cape.com Ah, summer time. Fresh, locally-grownproduce: juicy strawberries , tasty aspar- agus, crunchy lettuce at the Farmers' Market. Tony Bennett'sdulcet tunes at the Melody Tent. The Fantastic Fathers' Day Car Show.All of thisthe week before summer even rolls in with the tide. And it doesn't get more Americana than this July 4th,with the big Main Street Parade , followed by the Massachusetts Air National Guard Band and a Mets game at McKeon Field over- looking the harbor. In between those line-ups isthe 20th anniversaryof the Guyer Barn Arts Center and Gallery with aweek of festivi- ties and art shows.There are also the fireworks and aBoat parade. The marquee islit up every night downtown. Tuesdays you canlisten to music down by the Harbor in Aselton Park and then take in a movie on the Vil- lage Green. Next day, the Farmers' Market (which is opening Wednesday) willbe overflowing with produce and flowers, locally grown and plucked from the field that morning.Inthe evening, the Town Band plays. On Thursday, have dinner in an outdoor cafe and enjoy strolling musicians. Friday, the ever-popular Hyannis Sound is back. And Sundays will be outdoor theater on Aselton Park. Every day you can visit art galleries on Main Street and the Artist Shanties on the Harbor, go to a Mets game at McKeon Field, or enjoy an evening at the Melody Tent. Stroll the Street, the Walkway to the Sea and the Harbor, and listen to the music. Summer is here, and everything is downtown for you to enjoy This summer, something for everyone every day DAILY Harbor Your Arts - Bis- more Park Cape Cod Baseball/ Hyannis Mets - McKeon Park Cape Cod Melody Tent -West End Rotary SUNDAYS Harbor Your Arts The- atre - Bismore Park, 5p.m. TUESDAYS CitizensBankMovieson the Green - Village Green, dusk Arts Foundation of Cape Cod Harbor Music Series - Bismore Park, 5 p.m. WEDNESDAYS Farmers' Market - 540 Main St., 8 a.m. to 1p.m. Barnstable Town Band - Village Green Band- stand, 7 p.m. THURSDAYS TD Banknorth Mu- sic Stroll - Main Street , 5 to 8 p.m. Artscape - Main Street . 5 to 8 p.m. FRIDAYS Hyannis Sound - Fed- erated Church , 6 p.m. EVENTS Guyer Barn 20th An- niversary - June 17-23 - South Street Father's Day Car Show - June 18 - Main Street, 9 a.m. Fireworks -Julyl -Lewis Bay, dusk Boat Parade - July 4 - Hyannis Marina July 4th Parade - July 4 - Main Street , 4 p.m. Johnny Kelley Road Race -July 23 -FourPoints Sheraton, 10 a.m. IFAW Cape Cod Whale- fest - July 29 - Village Green, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. TD Banknorth Pops by the Sea - Aug. 6 - Village Green, 5 p.m. Dog Days on Main - Sept. 10 - Main Street , 10 a.m. Cynthia Cole is executive director of the Hyannis Area Chamber of Commerce. Growth Incentive Zone wins final county OK Main Street's image -good and bad -discussed at Assembly meeting By Edward F. Maroney emaroney@bamstablepatriot.com EDWARD F MARONEY PHOTO EXITSTRATEGY-Ruth Weil,director of the town'sgrowth management department; Patty Daley, director of comprehensive planning; and Assistant Town Manager Paul Niedzwiecki are present at the payoff Wednesday as the county Assembly of Delegates votes to change Development of Regional Impact thresholds in downtown Hyannis and bring the new Growth Incentive Zone to life. The GIZ will let the town manage its own development up to agreed-upon levels. The Town of Barnstable took the planning and regulatory reins for downtown Hyannis from the Cape Cod Commis- sion Wednesday as the county Assembly of Delegates voted unanimously to alter Devel- opment of Regional Impact thresholds for the region's first Growth Incentive Zone. "Downtown is the perfect incubator for the GIZ," Town Manager John Klimm declared inaletter to the delegates. "The Town of Barnstable looks for- ward to servingasthe model for implementation of the Growth Incentive Zone." In the plan's first five years, thetowncanreviewand approve up to 598 residential units and 425,587 square feet of non-resi- dential space aslong as it com- plies with reporting and infra- structure support goals agreed on with the commission. One step already accom- plished iscreation ofthe growth managementdepartment,which the town's director of compre- hensive planning, Patty Daley, saidbringsenvironmental,plan- ning, legal, community and economic development,and en- gineeringfunctions "under one Ruth." She meant "under one roof,"but growth management department director Ruth Weil joined her colleagues,including Daley,in the general laughter. The commissionwillcontinue to ride shotgun on the devel- opment buckboard, review- ing regular reports from the town and watching out for any trouble meeting commitments for providing infrastructure to support new construction and renovations. Perception vs. Realty TheAssembly'sdeputyspeak- er,DennisFonsecaof Sandwich, raisedhackleswhenhe saidhe'd heard concerns from "a couple of seniors" regarding "what they hear about gang violence in downtown Hyannis. They're afraid to goat night to walk the streets." Meetings of the Assembly are cablecast, so even though just one reporter was present, that remark could have 'wide circu- lation. Assistant Town Man- ager Paul Niedwiecki told the delegates Barnstable "should publicizemore what we've done to date"on efforts to makeMain Street safe and suggested there wasn't aproblem "unlessyou're a fiberglass whale." "I'm not aware of any gang violenceon Main Street,"said a clearlypeeved CynthiaCole,ex- ecutive director of the Hyannis Main Street Business Improve- ment District. "If there is a problem on Main Street,it'sthe homelessissue,which the coun- ty should be dealingwith.These folks are from all of your towns. I don't see the county taking leadership in this at all." (The countyhasbeen helping to fund a variety of homeless- ness initiatives in recent years, including the Pilot House in Hyannis, aprogram for men and women with serious substance abuse and mental health prob- lems that preclude their being able to stayat the NOAH shelter, and aMain Street,Hyannisout- CONTINUEO ON PAGE A:9 Down, down and down Real estate median price, volume & value head south in Barnstable The volume of real estate salesfortheTownofBarnstable in May was down 28 percent from May 2005, according to Barnstable County Register of Deeds John F.Meade. Volumeandthetotalvalueof saleswasalsodown36percent fromthepreviousyear.Theme- dian individual property sale value was down 10.3 percent from the previous year.There wasan 11.9percent decrease in the volume of mortgage activ- ity from May 2005 levels. Yearto date for the Town of Barnstable, sales volume is down 20.7 percent; total sales value is down 26.2 percent; medianindividualsalesvalueis down6.2percent andmortgage volume is down 13.7percent. County wide, sales volume is also down, but the median salesprice has remained rela- tively stable over the last 12 months. The Register's office reports that the the May-to- Maymediansalespriceisdown just .75percent,whilethe year- to-date median price rose 2 percent over the prior year. There were 108 deeds re- corded at the Barnstable Reg- istry of Deeds-forthe Town of Barnstable inMay,compared to 150 in 2005, representing a stated value of $57,032,418 in real estate sales. 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