The title of this blog is a slang phrase that means there are good waves for surfing and it's time to get ready to ride them. It can also...

Timothy Morrill's Epic Polar Plunge. First Day 2025. Photo by A. MacRae. Yesterday, as Franklin woke up to raw, damp weather on the first...

Moving forward to 2022, we built one third of the whitewater park. Each year that goes by we see an increase...

Concord Monitor | By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI | January 15, 2024 Marty Parichand’s vision for a new whitewater park may sound repetitive. For...

Union Leader, John Koziol, 12/25/23 FRANKLIN — The nonprofit group behind developing New England’s first whitewater park has added a...

Franklin has seen economic struggles over the years, but revitalization is coming in part by use of an important source: water. WCVB...

Laconia Daily Sun | J. Decker | Aug. 29, 2023 FRANKLIN — The remaining $2.5 million needed to complete Mill City Park could be funded by...

Union Leader | From VHB | Feb. 21, 2023 Franklin city leaders estimate new venue will bring 185,000 annual visitors and $6.8 million...

By Johanna Knapschaefer, Engineering News Record January 26, 2023 Marty Parichand’s father took him at age 16 on his first whitewater...

Second whitewater park east of the Mississippi provides proof of concept for other New England mill towns ENR New England | Johanna...

The Laconia Daily Sun | Thomas P. Caldwell | June 21, 2022 FRANKLIN — Six years of work at transforming the Three Rivers City from a...

has been working with the City of Franklin since 2015 to create the first whitewater park in New England.

The Laconia Daily Sun | Jon Decker | March 18, 2022 FRANKLIN — Franklin is a city of rivers. Both the Winnipesaukee and Pemigewasset pass...

Union Leader | John Koziol | Oct. 5, 2021 The first whitewater park in New England is quickly taking shape in downtown Franklin, with...

InDepthNH.org | Thomas P. Caldwell | July 7, 2021 By Thomas P. Caldwell, InDepthNH.org The city of Franklin has been struggling to...

Concord Monitor | Julia Stinneford | May 8, 2021 Photos from 4/29/21 taken by Geoff Forester - Monitor Staff When Marty Parichand was 16,...

boston.com | Kristi Palma | April 11, 2021 A central New Hampshire city is transforming its downtown, creating a 13-acre park where...

Business NH Magazine | Aug. 27, 2020 With approvals and permits issued by the NH Department of Environmental Services, the City of...

“I want to thank Commissioner Scott and his team at DES for believing in this project, says City Manager Judie Milner, “they certainly...

Mill City Park, the private/public partnership that wants to build on the Winnipesaukee River a first-of-its kind “community whitewater...