Many locals know that the town of Meredith, NH just completed a beautiful multi-million dollar community center that has a wonderful array of features.  That facility boasts an activity center (Gym), game room, meeting rooms, kitchen, climbing wall, arts and crafts room, and most importantly a parks and recreation staff that truly understands and values the notion of “community.”  If you have not had the opportunity to visit the Meredith Community Center, I highly recommend doing so.   I have been there several times with my family, and I, along with many others, just wish there was something like that in Plymouth, NH.

 I am sure that there are many other families in Plymouth that have the same feeling about a place in our community where we can gather, play, meet, run, jump and skip…on a rainy day.  Perhaps there just needs to be some voices heard or conversations had about it in an exploratory way.  The Plymouth, NH Community Forum on this site is a terrific way to have such discussions, some of which are taking place right now.  Like a community center, the Plymouth Community Forum is a place where residents and visitors can come together to discuss topics of interest to them, like a grass-roots effort such as this.

If you are a Plymouth resident, and you have an opinion on this topic, please take a moment to post your opinion in the community forum.  Lets see if there is enough support from the residents to explore this more formally.

All of you working at hotels and resorts will go from nearly empty beds leading up to Christmas week.  Then, you will be sold out for 10 days straight.  The highest demand for inventory, coupled with the highest expectations of your guests, will make for a week you either embrace and revel in, or fear for your life.  I wish you the best of luck.  Let me know if I can help you in any way.

Those of you in the restaurant industry are likely staring at a calendar filled with holiday parties and special buffet menus.  There’s no question in my mind that you will be pushed to the outer reaches of your sanity in the coming weeks.  As the saying goes, “Make hay when the sun shines.”  And this is the time of year for you to harvest your crop.  Take your vitamins, dig in, and try to have some fun!

Everyone in the hospitality industries deserve some recognition during the holidays.  While many families are planning their special vacation week, and office managers are guarding the secret santa list, hospitaliers are creating tomorrow’s memories.  This is not to say that other industries are not working hard during the holidays.  Folks in the retail, transportation, and social services business, just to name a few, are all busy servicing others.  Allright, yes, everyone makes sacrifices in the name of career and paycheck during the holidays.   Thank you all. 

If you are traveling this holiday season, please take a moment to think about the ladies and gentlemen that are making your dreams come true.  Thank your waitress; tip your housekeeper; and be good for goodness sake.  The very people you depend on for service, depend on you for making it worth their while.  Thank you!

Happy Holidays Friends.  Keep up the good work!