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Lake Reflections

Posted by abohan Kamis, 19 April 2012 0 komentar

Earlier tonight, on a beautiful Summer-like Spring evening, in an historic building besides the Winnipesaukee River, some of Laconia's prominent well-known business folks gathered for a little “social networking” (which, as near as I can figure, is a 21st century way of saying "schmoozing").

They were on the top floor of the beautiful Belknap Mill. And if you've never been inside this marvelous old brick structure, make sure you go the next time you’re in the Lake City.

It’s the “Official Meetinghouse of New Hampshire” and it stands preserved as the oldest unaltered brick textile mill in America, harkening back to the 20^th century Industrial Revolution that transformed America. It also houses the only industrial knitting museum in the U.S., using machines that were popular when the mill was in full operation.

More importantly, the 1823 building - which was saved from a wrecker's ball just before it was about to be demolished, during a 1960s federal Urban Renewal program - is wonderfully preserved by an all-volunteer group called the Belknap Mill Society.

It is, therefore, the perfect place to hold this kind of Spring business get-together.

But while everyone was gathered, enjoying the great food served by Contigiani's Catering, and chatting about everything from the Red Sox to our recent Laconia Daily Sun column regretting the loss of two downtown cafés, we were reminded of the source of the colorful flowers featured in yesterday's blog photograph.

The Laconia Rotary Club, which hosted tonight's event along with the newly reconstituted Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce, worked with many other volunteers to plant the thousands of flowers in Stewart Park.

And the Rotary also constructed a beautiful waterfront park next door, which sits alongside the mill and the old mill waterfall.

There’s a tendency these days to look down on businesspeople as soulless, self-centered, “only-in-it-for-the-money” folk.

Next time you hear that, think of the members of the Laconia Rotary. And, if you know one, thank them. Their work is one of those things that make living in the Lakes Region so graceful.

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Judul: Lake Reflections
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