hey Hockeypuck- I heard that Home Depot will soon be building a new store just yards from the Gilford Lowes, on what used to be an Irwin Marine boat storage lot. Lowes and Home Depot, side by side in Gilford, just inches from the Laconia town line.
Yeah, that's all true about 'buy local-it stays local' and smaller owner op store vs big box stores. It seems like most of the Lowe's customers are do-it-yourselfers, as opposed to contractors. So, maybe contractos are sticking with the Boulia Gourrels, Gilford Home Center, Ashland Lumbers w/ their better stock of lumber, and do-it-yourselfers go to Lowes' for some other reason. Lowe's don't really have all that much lumber..........I don't know?
Plus, Lowe's just got final approval to build on the big Tenney Mt Hgwy cornfield in Plymouth.
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