Business View Magazine | June 2019

321 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE JUNE 2019 “I think Londonderry, despite all of its commercial and industrial development, has still maintained its small town feel,” Smith is quick to point out. “We still have four working apple farms in the town, which brings in thousands of tourists, every fall. The town planners have laid out the town so that the commercial corridors go in a loop on the outskirts of the community. In the center of town, you’ve got farms that are still family-owned, so the town has done a really good job of keeping its rural character within the center of town. Also, Londonderry has almost 2,000 acres of land tied up in conservation that will never be developed. So, if you’re looking for a community that’s got all of the amenities of a larger city with shopping and restaurants, ease of travel, and you can work here, but at the same time, a place where you can go hiking in the woods and not see any industry at all, you have it all right here in this town.” will never be any development that will occur on the site because of the environmental issues, but, that being said, we did get approval to put a pretty large solar array on that particular site. The company, itself, hasn’t gone through the planning board yet, but we do have an agreement with them that, at such time when they’re ready to start building, they’ll be going on that site.” Going forward, Mailloux puts her stamp of approval on that type of relationship between the town and the business community. “I think the town prides itself on being business-friendly and helping folks through the development process. So, if there is a business or developer who is looking to do work in the town of Londonderry, while we do have high standards, and we want to see development done right, we do have a good process to go through and a good team in terms of the economic development and planning side of things,” she says. “And that’s something that we’ve really come a long way with over the last several years.” LONDONDERRY , NEW HAMPSHI RE