More downtown parking study called for

Seeing might be believing, but it’s collecting data that’s confirming.

That’s the approach longtime resident and former planning commissioner Linda Talman is recommending officials take regarding remedies to La Conner’s downtown parking.

A week after Town officials heard a presentation on mobile paid parking systems, Talman suggested to the planning commissioners that more information should be gathered before committing to a new First Street parking scheme.

“We don’t have the data that we need,” Talman said at the planning commission’s Dec. 5 hybrid meeting. “We make a lot of assumptions abou...