According to today's
www.cmonitor.com, Belknap County has seen its' population increase from 56,325 (4/1/2000) to 61,048 (7/1/2007) which is +8.4%, while the entire state has increased from 1,235,786 to 1,315,828, which is +6.5%.
What Meredith wants is a plus-50, hockey team, and imho, the Meredith Frost Heaves is a terrific name. You just know the town and school would agree to a new ice arena faster than you can say LET"S GO FROST HEAVES! It would fill the hockey gap that exists between the Laconia-Belmont rink, and the Waterville Valley rink.