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TiltonBB · 08-07-2011, 04:16 PM

Bike Week is slowly dying. It is nowhere the event it was 20 years ago and the crowds get smaller every year. There are many reasons, not the least of which is the overwhelming police presense that creates an intimidation factor many are not willing to deal with.

The Weirs Beach area could use a facelift and some new businesses. Those new businesses would need to be less dependent on the lake and weather and more like a resort style destination. It would need 4 season appeal to make it worth the substantial investment required. Anyone contemplating this would have to buy some real estate that generates a substiantial anount of CASH each year and that might be impossible.

This is a busy area from June until September but when the tourists and vacationers go home there is little left to support a year round business.

Not many businesses could survive long if they had to carry the entire year with 90 days of profitable income.

08-07-2011, 04:16 PM	#15
TiltonBB Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Gilford, NH and Florida Posts: 2,897 Thanks: 644 Thanked 2,153 Times in 900 Posts	Probably won't happen Bike Week is slowly dying. It is nowhere the event it was 20 years ago and the crowds get smaller every year. There are many reasons, not the least of which is the overwhelming police presense that creates an intimidation factor many are not willing to deal with. The Weirs Beach area could use a facelift and some new businesses. Those new businesses would need to be less dependent on the lake and weather and more like a resort style destination. It would need 4 season appeal to make it worth the substantial investment required. Anyone contemplating this would have to buy some real estate that generates a substiantial anount of CASH each year and that might be impossible. This is a busy area from June until September but when the tourists and vacationers go home there is little left to support a year round business. Not many businesses could survive long if they had to carry the entire year with 90 days of profitable income.