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Originally Posted by LongBay
Here is yet another example of the Laconia city planners allowing a developer to tear down every tree in sight and add lots of pavement so it resembles the rest of the Weirs and Downtown Laconia. It is time these planners go back to school and learn how to do their job. It is a shame there is no master plan for the Wiers and get it to look like it was back in the 30's.
It won't be long before someone turns it into another tent city during bike week.
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I'll agree that planning needs to be improved in quite a few towns in the state, some have something worth saving, others not-so-much. What I mean by that is some areas of NH are in serious need of a rehab, I believe the Weirs is one of these places. As much as everyone would like to have things be like "back then," in reality that is not going to pay the bills. When an area becomes run down it brings in a different breed of folks, (take a look around next summer on a weekend afternoon and tell me you do not agree) an update to the facade on the Boulevard is really needed and something new to the area would bring in new folks. I am not talking about replacing things every few years like Las Vegas, but in reality the Weirs is the eyesore of the lake compared to what other towns around the lake have in place along the water front. I know it would be nice if it was back to "when I was a kid" but was it really any better or because you were a kid you did not care what was going on around you.
Think long and hard about how long all the entertainment venues in the lakes region have been in place, Funspot, Boulevard, Surf Coaster (gone), Weirs Beach Water Slide, go-karts across from the beach, across from Funspot, Mini golf. It has all been here FOREVER and yet we are all wondering why the Weirs is looking worse and worse every year. It is very nice to see these venues return year after year, but how many are still owned by the same people that started them, I can think of one.
This area is in need of a complete facelift and a solid plan about what that will look like needs to be put in place. Then bring in the investers and make it happen.