Lots of things
What Alton needs . . .
. . . someone to rebuild the Oak Birch Inn and make it a good, old fashioned bed and breakfast with a really good coffee shop. Every time I drive by the old steps to the Inn, I sigh. I miss the old place even more than the pavilion.
. . . someone to rebuild McGrath's Gift Shop. I miss those little cedar boxes that I used to put all my treasures in.
Seriously, though, Alton could use a drug store. When my son needed asthma medication last summer, I had to schlep into Wolfeboro and wait and wait and wait.
Alton had a coffee bar a couple of summers ago in that little tiny building next to the Olde Bay Diner. It was yummy stuff, but only lasted that one year.
The best thing about each town not having everything is that is does encourage you to travel about and visit other places. When you do that, you inevitably find some place new to explore or shop. Not a bad way to go, really.
What the Weirs doesn't need . . .
. . . to change one tiny bit. It is virtually the only part of the lake left that is mostly unchanged. If you want Meredith, well, go to Meredith.
I am attaching a page from my scrapbook that I put together just a couple of weeks ago with pictures from the Weirs. Why would you want to tear this all down and build another Meredith???????
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