For some reason, since the stacks came down, Berlin has been blessed with some fabulous weather and spectacular sunsets. I've was out and about on Tuesday and posted the photos here.. what really struck me was the gorgeous view of Berlin from the East side. 
Stacia Roberge and The Main Street program should also be congratulated for the work they're doing to spruce up the downtown. It's really looking great.
The new vistas are in stark contrast with remaining stack. It makes you see the potential of the site. Now, look at these photos, and think what the town would be like with transmission lines humming thru the downtown. This is what it would look like.
What will the picture look like, what will it do to the liveability of the cities center? We do not even know what to paint pictures of because the other potential industrial tenants will not be made public till there is nothing we can do its all private lands.... The deceit is not in these pictures it is what is being crammed down the throats of the next generation. If it was just a biomass downtown, that would be one thing, but that is not what is being proposed and the residents need to push for a comprehensive environmental impact plan/studyin the for the whole site and get involved in the cities planning. This is one of the most beautiful pieces of land on the planet and somehow greater industrialization and perpetuating Berlin as a residential place of last resort is all we can think about.
Posted by: Robert Brown | October 10, 2007 at 08:52 AM
Remember at the public meeting if Bob and Laidlaw come, ask them who their other industrial tenants are, they state they already have other industrial tenants in mind. This is on about locating a biomass plant in our downtown, this is about creating a new industrial park/site in our downtown. Is the industrialization of the cities commercial and residential center the best place for industry. Who are the proposed, other, Industrial tenants. What else are we getting that we "can't do anything about" because it is private land. Ignorance is as ignorance does, especially when we are getting paid.
Posted by: Robert Brown | October 10, 2007 at 08:44 AM
Laidlaw and NAD are discussing building an Industrial park, centered on a biomass facility in your cities center, they claim to already have other tenants in line. Who are the other Industrial tenants proposed for our downtown? What the City leadership and NAD is proposing is creating an industrial park/site larger in acreage than the previous pulp mill site. This new industrial park, centered on the biomass facility, will include the former pulp mill site and city owned acreage along the river (near the wastewater treatment plant), already leased to another, potential industrial tenant. Mayor Bob has attempted to create a them against us atmosphere, he claims that if you do not want a biomass plant and a new industrial park in your downtown it because you are against clean energy etc. He also claims this is all private land and there is nothing he can do, maybe it is time to elect someone that can do something, someone that is less self interested and less about smoke and mirrors.
Posted by: Robert Brown | October 10, 2007 at 08:39 AM
You're right Mr. Murray, showing the Schiller Station is not in the best interest of the very sensitive discussions taking place about the former mill site in Berlin. There's one more issue that you may be able to help clean up too and that's Mayor Bob's constant reference to PSNH being the best party to convert the old boiler. Although I've never heard anything from PSNH that even comes close to showing any interest, Mayor Bob (or Boob as some call him)continues to make those remarks in public and on the record. As a PSNH employee Mayor Bob is not making you any friends in Berlin. When I brought the subject up to another PSNH employee, he appologized for the mayor's lack of common sense.
Posted by: rocky | October 06, 2007 at 05:29 PM
I have no position on whether a biomass plant is right for the former mill property in Berlin - however, you do your readers a disservice by displaying photos of PSNH’s Schiller Station and claiming that a new facility would look the same. Your photos are dominated by that portion of the plant which was constructed in the 1950s and includes two coal-burning boilers. To see correct images (still and video) of the Northern Wood Power facility at Schiller, go to www.psnh.com - direct link: http://www.psnh.com/Energy/ENERGYPROJECT/NWPP/photos.asp
Posted by: M Murray, PSNH | October 02, 2007 at 10:55 AM