Lakes Region Facility scheduled to close

SIKSUKR · 05-04-2009, 01:31 PM

Not being a local resident,I was wondering what Laconia and surrounding residents thought of this article in the Citizen. Here's the link to see pics also.
http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll...ss1&source=RSS

Much like its opening, closure of Lakes Region Facility poses questions

Irish mist · 05-04-2009, 08:59 PM

That's some of the most prime property in the state. It should never have been used as a prison. There was talk of moving the community college up there, but that's unlikely. There seems to be no plan by the state of NH to do something with it long-term......which is troubling.
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SAMIAM · 05-05-2009, 07:50 AM

Also has about 1/2 mile of pristine shorefront with two beaches.

fatlazyless · 05-05-2009, 01:45 PM

About two years ago, a large and very nice, new, expensive classroom building was constructed at Lakes Region Community College so's LRCC is probably very happy with its' long time home and very happy to be there, on Route 106 - Prescott Hill, in Laconia.

Here's my two-cent suggestion...maybe Harley Davidson could buy that very large tract of former prison land and build a plant to make Harley's. Belknap County has the second highest unemployment rate in the state, after the northern most Coos County, and Laconia is a very Harley friendly, type of a place.

It would be nice to have that large tract get turned into some type of a smokestack style, manufactoring plant. Up in Berlin, people used to smell their paper mill smoke and say that to them "it smells like money."

At least with the prison, it provided Laconia with freebie, prisoner leaf-raking labor and it created about 125 good paying, prison guard jobs. As an empty, unused prison, it'll probably just be a vacant, state-owned tract with a lot of large, old brick buildings that get aged for years by the New Hampshire weather.

aquadocton · 05-07-2009, 07:00 AM

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Originally Posted by fatlazyless

Here's my two-cent suggestion...maybe Harley Davidson could buy that very large tract of former prison land and build a plant to make Harley's. Belknap County has the second highest unemployment rate in the state, after the northern most Coos County, and Laconia is a very Harley friendly, type of a place.

I don't think Harley is looking to open a new plant
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05-04-2009, 01:31 PM	#1
SIKSUKR Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,075 Thanks: 215 Thanked 903 Times in 509 Posts	Lakes Region Facility scheduled to close Not being a local resident,I was wondering what Laconia and surrounding residents thought of this article in the Citizen. Here's the link to see pics also. http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll...ss1&source=RSS Much like its opening, closure of Lakes Region Facility poses questions __________________ SIKSUKR

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Irish mist Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 682 Thanks: 122 Thanked 85 Times in 49 Posts	That's some of the most prime property in the state. It should never have been used as a prison. There was talk of moving the community college up there, but that's unlikely. There seems to be no plan by the state of NH to do something with it long-term......which is troubling. ________ Mercedes-Benz W196 History Last edited by Irish mist; 02-27-2011 at 10:46 PM.

05-05-2009, 01:45 PM	#4
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,528 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 296 Thanked 957 Times in 698 Posts	About two years ago, a large and very nice, new, expensive classroom building was constructed at Lakes Region Community College so's LRCC is probably very happy with its' long time home and very happy to be there, on Route 106 - Prescott Hill, in Laconia. Here's my two-cent suggestion...maybe Harley Davidson could buy that very large tract of former prison land and build a plant to make Harley's. Belknap County has the second highest unemployment rate in the state, after the northern most Coos County, and Laconia is a very Harley friendly, type of a place. It would be nice to have that large tract get turned into some type of a smokestack style, manufactoring plant. Up in Berlin, people used to smell their paper mill smoke and say that to them "it smells like money." At least with the prison, it provided Laconia with freebie, prisoner leaf-raking labor and it created about 125 good paying, prison guard jobs. As an empty, unused prison, it'll probably just be a vacant, state-owned tract with a lot of large, old brick buildings that get aged for years by the New Hampshire weather. __________________ ... down and out, liv'n that Walmart side of the lake! Last edited by fatlazyless; 05-07-2009 at 10:12 AM.

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SAMIAM Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Moultonborough Posts: 2,836 Thanks: 326 Thanked 1,626 Times in 562 Posts	Also has about 1/2 mile of pristine shorefront with two beaches.