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 Ask people
why they choose to make the Upper Valley their home
and the discussion soon turns to such issues as
quality of life, a sense of community, and
opportunities for personal enrichment and growth.
Most individuals are sensitive to current and future
regional growth challenges, and of the need for
proper planning. All will readily accept that change
is inevitable (except from a vending machine!), as
is the inevitability of new residents, business
entities and institutions to serve the growing needs
of an expanding population.
The contractor community exists to create and build.
It’s the nature of our work to change the physical
landscape. First and foremost, though, we are Upper
Valley residents. I’d like to believe that as
residents, stakeholders to the development process,
and builders, we may offer unique insight and
perspective. As a builder positioned to respond to
needed residential housing requirements, we may
initially view the process from the developer’s
prism, but also bring an understanding of the needs,
concerns and challenges associated with such tasks.
We all recognize the cost associated with limited
available housing. In the months ahead, we will work
closely with an area developer and help to expand
the housing stock. We also live here, and are
sensitive to the anxiety and concern of neighbors
and neighborhoods, and to disruption and
environmental change that is inherent to all
building processes. We work hard to limit both worry
and disruption; it’s what we’d expect from a
neighbor. As a builder who recognizes the facility
expansion needs within the local medical community,
we value the opportunity to work with Alice Peck Day
Memorial Hospital to help meet such challenges. The
Robert Mesropian Center for Community Care is the
latest example of a successful T-N/APD Memorial
Hospital collaborative project. And as a local
business with employees who call the Upper Valley
“home,” and who are fortunate to participate in many
local projects, we assuredly respond with pride to
all measures that enhance this area’s quality of
life.
Trumbull-Nelson is looking ahead to a busy summer
building season, including a variety of residential
and commercial projects. As our cover photo
indicates, work on the Robert Mesropian Center for
Community Care is now complete, and we will soon
finish the Quechee Gorge Visitor’s Center, and the
Dartmouth College Rugby Club. In the month of March,
we completed our work on the Burtcher Fieldhouse, at
the Stratton Mountain School, in Stratton Mountain,
Vermont. Our work at Howe Library is moving forward
on schedule, and we have initiated work at
Crossroads Academy, in Lyme, NH. We are also
completing a variety of work at Stryker Biotech, in
West Lebanon, NH, and will soon begin residential
projects within Upper Valley and Southern Vermont.
Our Spring issue of Constructive Images covers a
number of interesting topics related to building
that we hope you will find interesting. We are also
highlighting, pictorially, a few challenging
renovation projects completed by the Company over
the years. Our thanks to various photo archivists
(acknowledged within) for help in securing related
project pictures.
Enjoy the warmer weather, and please let us know if
we can provide you with any building help in the
months ahead.
Sincerely,
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