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Construction starting this week on Franklin’s new Mill City whitewater park
“To see the river come back” and for it to again become an economic driver of the city “is very exciting,” said Kuster, who recently voted in favor of the INVEST in America Act, which among other things, would bring $1.2 million to Franklin for construction of a pedestrian walkway on a trestle bridge that connects Mill City Park with Trestle View Park. -
Paddlers whet their appetites as Franklin breaks ground on whitewater park
The Laconia Daily Sun | Adam Drapcho | July 12, 2021 Franklin City Manager Judie Milner laughs as she and other dignitaries use – what else – kayak paddles... -
Signs of progress after years of effort to revitalize Franklin
Concord Monitor | Julia Stinneford | 5/23/2021 When Jason Harrington was a teacher in Tilton, he did an activity with his students that involved an outdoor engineering project involving a white-water... -
Franklin eyeing this summer as first bright season in decades
The Laconia Daily Sun | Adam Drapcho | May 7, 2021 FRANKLIN — Tourism businesses in the Lakes Region are hoping that a busy summer will snap them out of... -
N.H. city hopes to make a big splash with a whitewater park and a renamed downtown
A new name for downtown? It won't be the first community to rename itself, and it probably won't be the last. Boston.com | Jon Gorey - Globe Correspondent | April... -
New England’s first whitewater park is set to open this year
The free park, funded by $2.5 million in grant money and private donations, will offer kayaking, boogie boarding, whitewater rafting, and surfing on Winnipesaukee River year-round, as well as walking and biking trails, camping, water play areas for kids, and an amphitheater. The park will attract about 162,000 visitors who will spend about $7 million annually in the region, Parichand said. -
Boat Bash goes small this year, pledges big return
Before last year, the Boat Bash drew a lot of spectators. Two kayakers, poised side by side in half-pipes of snow, would hurtle themselves at reckless speeds down the slope, which began with a 230-foot vertical drop, said Jim Jones, co-president of the Franklin Outing Club, which operates the facility. -
Mill City Park accepts donation from MVSB
The Laconia Daily Sun | February 12, 2021 Mill City Park. (Courtesy photo) FRANKLIN — Meredith Village Savings Bank has purchased $25,000 in tax credits through the New Hampshire Community... -
Half of Life...
I had watched him and others race at the Merrimack River during the July 4th festivities. This was back when the river still had whitewater slalom gates at Arm's Park, where the Crack Pipe Wave still sits. -
Franklin: Reimagined and Revitalized
Learn more about Mill City Park’s summer opening NH Magazine | Anna-Kate Munsey | April 21, 2021 New Hampshire’s smallest city has big plans. Once a thriving mill town, City... -
Ground broken on Franklin’s Mill City Park, a future whitewater destination
Concord Monitor | Julia Stinneford | April 8, 2021 When Marty Parichand was 16, his father took him white-water rafting on the Penobscot River in Maine. “As we were carrying... -
Whitewater park gaining steam in Franklin
The Laconia Daily Sun | Adam Drapcho | June 26, 2020 FRANKLIN — Several years ago, when Marty Parichand first floated the idea of a downtown whitewater park, it sounded...
