HUB status in Moultonborough

tummyman · 05-10-2023, 06:59 PM

The Pool / Aquatics Center needs to go. Never was part of what town set money aside for a study in 2021. It is the main driver of long term costs and what is sinking Claremont and Dover already.

If this is such a need...I do not agree that it is....then let the HUB gang fund raise for it, get a 99 year lease of land from the town, build and then operate it. People need to wake up and not be snowed by a few !

Descant · 05-10-2023, 09:49 PM

Some years ago, we had a commercial "club", pool, gym, indoor tennis, track, weights, etc plus meeting rooms, and a night club area, drinks, music, dancing. It lasted a couple of years and failed. The YMCA was able to take it over at a huge discount. The fitness stuff is still operating, the nightclub is now an after school childcare facility. It requires a large population base to work, maybe 100,000(?) from 4 cities/towns. No tax support except for whatever they get as a non-profit.
2 points:
1. You need to buy something at bankruptcy prices
2. You need a large, year-round, population base.

FlyingScot · 05-11-2023, 09:46 AM

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Originally Posted by tummyman

The Pool / Aquatics Center needs to go. Never was part of what town set money aside for a study in 2021. It is the main driver of long term costs and what is sinking Claremont and Dover already.

If this is such a need...I do not agree that it is....then let the HUB gang fund raise for it, get a 99 year lease of land from the town, build and then operate it. People need to wake up and not be snowed by a few !

The pool/aquatics center is also the irony underlying the whole thing--the town is already blessed with one of the country's greatest aquatic centers

ITD · 05-11-2023, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by FlyingScot

The pool/aquatics center is also the irony underlying the whole thing--the town is already blessed with one of the country's greatest aquatic centers

Irony until you consider the greatest aquatic center is only above 60 degrees about half the year.

I was leaning against the hub for a while, but I'm slowly leaning toward it. My biggest reservation about it is that there are 10 other pork type expenditures waiting for the up vote on this to bring them to town meeting and say this got through, now it's our turn.

Tough question.

phoenix · 05-11-2023, 01:32 PM

its a lot of money and operating cost based on like centers is understated

Sue Doe-Nym · 05-11-2023, 01:31 PM

Tonight at 6. Go! There are no valid excuses! If you care about excess spending, do not stay at home watching tv! We need your vote! No to HUB!

05-11-2023, 01:32 PM	#5
phoenix Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: phoenix and moultonboro Posts: 1,564 Thanks: 63 Thanked 276 Times in 194 Posts	its a lot of money and operating cost based on like centers is understated __________________ it's tough to make predictions specially about the future

05-11-2023, 01:31 PM	#6
Sue Doe-Nym Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 1,458 Thanks: 762 Thanked 796 Times in 419 Posts	Vote against HUB at town meeting Tonight at 6. Go! There are no valid excuses! If you care about excess spending, do not stay at home watching tv! We need your vote! No to HUB!

05-10-2023, 06:59 PM	#1
tummyman Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Moultonborough Posts: 847 Thanks: 261 Thanked 698 Times in 246 Posts	The Pool / Aquatics Center needs to go. Never was part of what town set money aside for a study in 2021. It is the main driver of long term costs and what is sinking Claremont and Dover already. If this is such a need...I do not agree that it is....then let the HUB gang fund raise for it, get a 99 year lease of land from the town, build and then operate it. People need to wake up and not be snowed by a few !

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05-10-2023, 09:49 PM	#2
Descant Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Merrimack and Welch Island Posts: 4,479 Thanks: 1,390 Thanked 1,667 Times in 1,086 Posts	Some years ago, we had a commercial "club", pool, gym, indoor tennis, track, weights, etc plus meeting rooms, and a night club area, drinks, music, dancing. It lasted a couple of years and failed. The YMCA was able to take it over at a huge discount. The fitness stuff is still operating, the nightclub is now an after school childcare facility. It requires a large population base to work, maybe 100,000(?) from 4 cities/towns. No tax support except for whatever they get as a non-profit. 2 points: 1. You need to buy something at bankruptcy prices 2. You need a large, year-round, population base.