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Plan to make Franklin area a regional draw expands

Marty

Jan 154 min read

Plan to make Franklin area a regional draw expands

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

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Group behind New England's first whitewater park adds polar plunge to New Year's Day celebration

Marty

Dec 25, 20234 min read

Group behind New England's first whitewater park adds polar plunge to New Year's Day celebration

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

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Franklin hoping for federal funding to finish construction of whitewater park

Marty

Aug 28, 20234 min read

Franklin hoping for federal funding to finish construction of whitewater park

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

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Mill City Park officially opens with ribbon cuttings, whitewater festival

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Jun 21, 20225 min read

Mill City Park officially opens with ribbon cuttings, whitewater festival

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

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Whitewater Gives Life to NH’s Smallest City

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Mar 27, 20223 min read

Whitewater Gives Life to NH’s Smallest City

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

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‘Standing wave’ takes shape at Franklin’s whitewater park

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Oct 5, 20212 min read

‘Standing wave’ takes shape at Franklin’s whitewater park

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

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Ground broken on Franklin’s Mill City Park, a future whitewater destination

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May 8, 20214 min read

Ground broken on Franklin’s Mill City Park, a future whitewater destination

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

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Proposed Franklin whitewater and outdoor park wins regional planners’ award

Marty

Nov 19, 20192 min read

Proposed Franklin whitewater and outdoor park wins regional planners’ award

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

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Mayor Pete Swings by Outdoor New England

Marty

Nov 10, 20192 min read

Mayor Pete Swings by Outdoor New England

Last Saturday, Mayor Pete, democratic presidential candidate stopped in to Outdoor New England to chit chat with Marty. They discussed white

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Plans for proposed Franklin water park include walking trails, camping site

Marty

Dec 3, 20183 min read

Plans for proposed Franklin water park include walking trails, camping site

When most people hear about the nonprofit Mill City Park, an organization working to bring a whitewater park to Franklin, they think about..

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Franklin: From Troubled Waters to Whitewater Park

Marty

Sep 10, 20189 min read

Franklin: From Troubled Waters to Whitewater Park

The churning waterways that helped give Franklin its nickname and powered its once-thriving mills are now helping to drive its rebirth.

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Marty

Apr 20, 20185 min read

Franklin Set for Transformation

The Three Rivers City is poised for an economic revival through two major projects that will answer a longstanding need: attracting outsider

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Franklin bets on revitalization with new park

Marty

Apr 20, 20186 min read

Franklin bets on revitalization with new park

Can people playing in a river help revitalize a struggling city? Can the recreational opportunities in and along a river actually improve...

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Marty

Apr 17, 20182 min read

Two Franklin projects win CRDC grants

The Capital Regional Development Council, recently awarded a total of $10,000 to two separate initiatives aimed at reviving downtown...

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CRDC Awards Community Grants to Two Economic Development Projects in Downtown Franklin, NH

Marty

Apr 15, 20183 min read

CRDC Awards Community Grants to Two Economic Development Projects in Downtown Franklin, NH

CRDC awarded Mill City Park at Franklin Falls $5,000 to help fund the development of a master plan for 9.32 acres of land surrounding...

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Boat Bash Snow Crash: Franklin making name for itself with downhill kayak race

Marty

Mar 5, 20182 min read

Boat Bash Snow Crash: Franklin making name for itself with downhill kayak race

The race course needed snow trucked in, but paddlers still made a go of the Boat Bash Snow Crash.

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Proposed Whitewater Park Poised to Transform Franklin Economy

Marty

Nov 9, 20172 min read

Proposed Whitewater Park Poised to Transform Franklin Economy

The old adage says that “a rising tide floats all boats.” In the City of Franklin, it is more apt to say “whitewater floats a new economy.”

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Marty

Nov 8, 20173 min read

Whitewater Park Gets Big Boost

Efforts to create New England’s first whitewater park got a double infusion of capital on Monday when Franklin Savings Bank pledged $250,000

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Franklin paddle park plan gets $430,000 cash infusion

Marty

Nov 7, 20172 min read

Franklin paddle park plan gets $430,000 cash infusion

A century ago, the Winnipesaukee River powered the mills that were the city’s lifeblood. On Monday, it was announced that $180,000 in feder

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New Commisioner: NH Entrepreneurship, workforce top list

Marty

Aug 26, 20174 min read

New Commisioner: NH Entrepreneurship, workforce top list

Standing in front of a wall that separates economic development offices from travel and tourism in the newly created Department of Business

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