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MAXUM · 08-24-2016, 02:53 PM

Maybe the answer is simply that bike week is not as big a boom to the local economy as it may appear. If it is that important you can bet that local businesses and town governments will work to keep it alive, however if it turn out that it is revenue neutral or costing towns/tax payers money to logistically support it why would there be any reason to keep it going? With Laconia reporting a mere 3K in overall revenue it's tough to justify the work and effort when that same amount of money can be made in a day whacking people launching boats 20 bucks a pop minus all the bike week drama many probably just as soon not deal with.

There has been plenty of discussion on here about revitalizing weirs beach... whether anything happens really comes down to if anyone with deep pockets sees an investment opportunity. As you say local businesses operating on a show string don't have that kind of capitol to play with so don't count on them to do much, they can't really. Thus far nobody with the wherewithal has stepped forward to spruce the place up, maybe because shrewd investors don't see a ROI worth the effort.

08-24-2016, 02:53 PM	#33
MAXUM Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Kuna ID Posts: 2,755 Thanks: 244 Thanked 1,942 Times in 802 Posts	Maybe the answer is simply that bike week is not as big a boom to the local economy as it may appear. If it is that important you can bet that local businesses and town governments will work to keep it alive, however if it turn out that it is revenue neutral or costing towns/tax payers money to logistically support it why would there be any reason to keep it going? With Laconia reporting a mere 3K in overall revenue it's tough to justify the work and effort when that same amount of money can be made in a day whacking people launching boats 20 bucks a pop minus all the bike week drama many probably just as soon not deal with. There has been plenty of discussion on here about revitalizing weirs beach... whether anything happens really comes down to if anyone with deep pockets sees an investment opportunity. As you say local businesses operating on a show string don't have that kind of capitol to play with so don't count on them to do much, they can't really. Thus far nobody with the wherewithal has stepped forward to spruce the place up, maybe because shrewd investors don't see a ROI worth the effort.