Yarmouth
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Yarmouth at a crossroads
Cape Business sat with Bob DuBois, executive director of the Yarmouth Chamber of Commerce, to discuss the town’s economy in 2007 and beyond. These are excerpts of that interview.
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Restaurants for all seasons
The restaurant industry on Cape Cod is undergoing dramatic – and sometimes painful – transitions. Those highly dependent on summer business are discovering that tourism patterns are changing at a threatening pace.
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The road ahead: Route 28
It’s a haven for mini-golfers, a summer playground for tourists, a jumble of clam shacks, restaurants, motels and cottages. It’s too busy in summer and too quiet in winter. It’s a blessing and a curse. It’s Yarmouth’s stretch of Route 28, fraught with challenges and full of possibilities that – until now – haven’t been fulfilled.
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Yarmouth’s heritage is often hidden from view
When it comes to Yarmouth’s historical offerings, Duncan Oliver wants more people to realize how much Yarmouth’s past can enhance its future.
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Using CPA funds to create a cultural magnet in town
Six years + $700,000 + thousands of hours of community sweat equity = the Cultural Center of Cape Cod. Don’t forget to add vision, love, dedication and a dash of the Quixotic.
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Second-home economy ripples across Yarmouth
More than a third of Yarmouth’s residential properties are second homes, and the percentage is growing every year. Unlike in the past, many of these second-home owners occupy their homes here year-round, frequently traveling from elsewhere in Massachusetts on a Thursday or Friday night for long weekends.
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Yarmouth becoming its own home depot
There is a building boom in Yarmouth – building supply stores, that is. Plumbing and electrical distributor Ferguson/J.D. Daddario recently opened its 11th location, this one on Route 28. It joins Supply New England – which is completing its new site on Willow Street – Simon’s and Snow & Jones to create a mini-mecca for building supplies.
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A building supply mecca
Yarmouth has become a destination for plumbing and heating distribution companies, from Supply New England to Simon’s, Snow & Jones, and recent Yarmouth addition Ferguson/J.D. Daddario. This proliferation of similar businesses in the same general category has apparently not diluted the demand – all appear to be surviving and thriving in this crowded market.
