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Looking at old photos, Downing's used to be a green grass field with a big flag pole, and a railroad train for kids that went all around the perimeter of the grass field. With the passing of time, the grass field got paved with asphalt to be used for parking vehicles and boat trailers.

Now that the launch ramp has a different operation and owned by the State, was wondering if the lot could be restored back to a grass field, making it a local 'postage stamp' sized, scenic waterfront park with appropriate park benches and decorative plantings to enhance the area ..... as opposed to a parking area?

Just keep the launch ramp and dock, but restore the asphalt parking lot to a grassy decorative public park, and make vehicles with boat trailers go park somewhere else not so far away .... a short walk away to a satellite parking lot with more space. Seems like that local area would benefit big with a green pocket park as opposed to an asphalt parking lot directly on the waterfront.

That's how it is set up in Meredith at the Town of Meredith boat launch next to Hesky Park. They got a green park area immediately next to the town boat launch, and make the cars with boat trailers park a couple blocks away in a town lot that's removed from the waterfront and it works out very good. Just seems like a similar situation could be a good improvement for the Alton Bay area there which is all totally built out and congested with boat marinas with no public green space on the waterfront.