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Originally Posted by VitaBene
I was running ahead of schedule for a meeting in Gilford and stopped in at the Weirs on Tuesday late afternoon. I couldn't help but thinking that the Weirs will never be fully developed with the NH Veterans houses in the middle, commanding the views. I never realized how many houses there are (and how seasonal their use is- there was one car parked in front of one house and that was it).
In the 15 minutes that I sat there, 2 cars passed by stopping down near the Gringo.
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Believe the Veterans' Assoc has had that property since the 1920's, after the large Weirs Hotel burnt down,
www.weirsbeach.com/Largejpgs/weirsfire1924.html and it had something to do with the New Hampshire legislature passing a law which let's the Veterans' Assoc have the use of the property indefinately or something, and is all exempt of local Laconia property taxes.....so's it could be there for many many many years into the future..... such a deal from the NH legislature .... too bad that it was not a 100-year lease as opposed to ownership????
http://www.thenhva.org ... and click on NHVA sign ... and then maybe take a peek at the cottage and campground reservation forms.... "Cottage & Campground Use Is for NHVA & Auxiliary Members Only"
Maybe the Veterans' Assoc would agree to leasing their land out to a 'Lake Winnipesaukee destination casino' ......come to Weirs Beach and play big! .... in return for the money it would give them to use for helping the veterans individually....plus the huge economic boost to Laconia from a property tax paying, and jobs creating, destination casino(?). A casino with a civil war style theme and moving all the civil war style buildings to a new location are very, very, very, remote possibilities.
Could the NHVA.org cottages and campground be financially viable if it had to pay Laconia property taxes? An interview with the campground some time ago in the LaDaSun said that its' biggest money raiser was renting out vending space to bike week on their grassy embankment just above the public sidewalk, and they use the money for maintenance and repairs to the cottages and campground.