Dozens of Springfield residents, including government officials and concerned business owners, attended the Citizens Club of Springfield’s Sept. 26 meeting about a decades-old issue – the state of downtown Springfield. Elizabeth Wake, owner of The Wakery, which closed its brick-and-mortar location on Adams Street last month, told the panel that parking downtown is ample but signage is a problem. “When people tell me that parking is an issue downtown, I know that it isn’t because I did my master’s thesis on city-owned parking in downtown Springfield,” she said. “There’s plenty of parking downtown. No, because there’s plenty of stuff to see and look at.”Editor’s note: A previous version of this story referenced Rasing’s comments incorrectly about the 529 S. Seventh St. building.