Help with Waukewan Street

[partsman]

Originally Posted by fatlazyless

If you are talking about the large tract on Waukewan St that had all the trees removed in a timber clear-cut, I conject that it was done to raise some money. At basically no cost to the land owner, a logger will pay for the business of harvesting trees suitable for the commercial sawmill.

The town makes a timber tax, the property owner makes an agreed price, and the logger hauls it all off to the Gerronimo Sawmill up in Warren, or someplace. And, the land is now clear-cut with all the slash removed.

Probably, a similar transaction took place at the clear-cut, 6-acre tract in the Weirs, just beyond the Cumberland gasoline store, on Rt 3.

It looks like it was a case of trees vs money, and the money had the better argument!

(100% conjecture-no inside info here)

The sad thing about the tract beside cumberland farms is that the developer is turning the parcel into a self storage facility. In my opinion, a terrible waste of a nice property in the commercial/resort zone.

I hope the wood was worth it.

[fatlazyless]

Originally Posted by partsman

The sad thing about the tract beside cumberland farms is that the developer is turning the parcel into a self storage facility. In my opinion, a terrible waste of a nice property in the commercial/resort zone.

I hope the wood was worth it.

Building a self storage-multiple garage style utility building is most likely not what the Laconia city government would like to see there, on that Rt 3, 6-acre lot that overlooks the lake, just downhill from the Cumberland Farm gas & go.

Probably, something like a (name a viable attractive business) would be much more welcome in that high visibility, commercial location!

Maybe a nice looking office building with a landscaped perimeter and parking lot; office space to various professions; health, finance, insurance, design, government?

Maybe a tennis club with four indoor courts surrounded by ten more outdoor courts? That's certainly way better looking than those ugly storage buildings.....yeah....tennis courts....would fit right well with the local demographics and location. Future home to the Winnipesaukee Tennis Open.....as seen on world-wide tv for the next 100-years! Seems like outdoor tennis is now doable from April thru November....as least it was in 2009.

Wonder what the current property tax is there now, on Endicott St North, Laconia, as a treeless, six acres fronting Route 3, and overlooking Lake Winnipesaukee from a nice, empty hillside spot?