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Old 12-17-2007, 04:52 PM   #156
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Alton Bay -

Non-coffee (decaf!) ideas -

Daycare! Good grief - I can't tell you what we've been through trying to find a good, affordable daycare. Especially in the summer!

Pet sitting services - ditto.

Thrift or re-sale stores - there's one in town but is open a couple of days a week. I'd love a good second hand store or consignment store.

One hour dry cleaners.

Ditto on the comments about the laundry mat.



Now, I don't know how it would float in this town but I've always wanted to open up a Children's Museum in this town. I'd love to get some grant money, find an old building that could be renovated (perhaps the Alton Town Hall - someday!) and make something for kids of all ages that focuses on learning and encourages social interaction.

There's a great museum in Portsmouth - I'd use that for my model - but there's a very nice little museum in Concord now. I've spoken with the owner of the one in Concord and she's told me that many people have asked them to branch into the Lakes Region. The museum in Concord is more for toddlers/pre-schoolers but the one in Portsmouth is for babies to pre-teens, I'd say.

I have a dream... don't know if it will ever be a reality, but that's what I'd love to do!
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