RECOVERING AND THE TOWN OF NEWMARKET IS REINVENTING ITSELF.
♪ NEW HAS BEEN PART OF ITS NAME FOR THREE CENTURIES, BUT IT IS MORE FITTING TODAY -- NEW RESTAURANTS, NEW BUSINESSES, NEW LIFE IN NEWMARKET, NEW
HAMPSHIRE.
VISITORS TO NEW HAMPSHIRE’S SEACOAST ARE DISCOVERING WHAT LOCALS HAVE KNOWN ALL ALONG, EVEN ON A CLOUDY DAY, NEW MARKET SHINES.
♪ >> I CAME HERE ON A WHIM ONE DAY.
NEWMARKET HAD BEEN ON MY LIST OF PLACES TO VISIT.
I HAVE BEEN IMPRESSED WITH HOW MODERN AND COOL IT IS.
♪ SHAYNA MAGGIE RECENTLY HIGHLIGHTED NEWMARKET IN HER TRAVEL BLOG.
NEWMARKET DOESN’T BORDER THE COAST AT ALL.
THE LAMPREY RIVER, WHICH ONCE POWERED MILLS HERE, FLOWS THROUGH TOWN.
TODAY THE RIVER FLOWS INTO THE NINE SQUARE-MILE BODY OF WATER KNOWN AS GREAT BAY.
>> THE GREAT B IS PROBABLY THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT NATURAL RESOURCE IN THIS AREA.
IT ACTS ESSENTIALLY AS A FILTER FOR THE ENTIRE GULF OF MAINE.
IT IS AN AMAZING PLACE WE HAVE IN OUR OWN BACKYARD.
♪ SHAYNA: GREAT BAY IS AN ESTUARY, A MIX OF FRESH AND SALTWATER WHERE YOUNG FISH LIVE AMONG PLANTS.
BUT IT IS OYSTERS THAT NAKEDNESS FIH HOUSE -- THAT MIKE THIS FISH HOUSE A HOME, SO TO SPEAK.
>> TAKING NUTRIENTS OUT OF THE WATER WILL INCREASE LIGHT PENETRATION AND PRODUCE PRODUCTIVITY.
WHEN YOU ARE PUTTING OYSTER REEFS INTO A SYSTEM, YOU ARE CREATING THIS VERTICAL STRUCTURE WHICH IS AN ESSENTIAL HABITAT FOR JUVENILE FISH.
SOME OF THOSE FISH WILL SPEND THEIR YOUNG LIVES IN THE ESTUARY, THEN MOVE OFFSHORE INTO THE GULF OF MAINE.
SHAYNA: FROM THEIR, THEY CAN END UP ON YOUR DINNER PLATE, LIKE THIS LIGHT WHITEFISH SERVED AT THE JOINERY, A RESTAURANT INSPIRED BY LOCAL INGREDIENTS.
>> WE LOOK AS CLOSE TO HOME AS POSSIBLE AND SEE IF THE PRODUCT IS AVAILABLE.
IF NOT, WE TAKE A BIGGER CIRCLE AROUND NEW ENGLAND.
IF WE COME UP EMPTY, WE SWITCH THE MENU AND MAKE SOMETHING ELSE.
SHAYNA: THE EXECUTIVE CHEF AT THE JOINERY, POPULAR AMONG NEIGHBORHOOD FOLKS, AMONG AS STUDENTS AND STAFF AT THE NEARBY UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
IN ADDITION TO KEEPING FOOD LOCAL, HE ALSO STRIVES TO KEEP IT AFFORDABLE.
>> IF THE STATE IS PUSHING $30, WE WANT A HAMBURGER PUSHING HALF THAT.
WE WILL DO A COUPLE CHANGES AS THE SEASONS CHANGE.
SHAYNA: HE AROUND, THERE IS -- YEAR ROUND, THERE IS CORNBREAD.
SERVED WITH AN INPATIENT -- AN INVASIVE SPECIES?
>> GREEN CRABS ARE WRECKING ALL SORTS OF POPULATIONS.
THEY ARE BONY AND SMALL.
EAT THE INVADERS.
SHAYNA: JUST AS HE FOUND A NEW PURPOSE FOR GREEN CRAB, OTHER BUSINESSES HAVE GIVEN PURPOSE TO NEWMARKET MILLS.
>> ONE I WAS GROWING UP, THIS WAS BOARDED UP.
SHAYNA: A CON TEXTILE MILL OPENED IN THE 1800S.
THE LAST SUCH COMPANY MOVED OUT IN THE 1980’S.
ROUGHLY A DECADE AGO, RESIDENTIAL AND TENANTS MOVED IN.
THEN MILLOPENED ITS DOORS.
>> PEOPLE CAN RENT THE SPACE FOR CONGRESSES, FOR PRIVATE PROPERTIES.
WE CALL MILL SPACE A BLANK CANVAS.
PEOPLE CAN MAKE THE SPACE WHAT THEY WANT TO MAKE IT.
SHAYNA: TODAY ON DISPLAY, PHOTOGRAPHY.
>> I LIKE THE SHOT OF THE MOON.
THIS IS THIS CLEAR SERIES OF NIGHTS, JUST TO SEE HOW IT CHANGES OVER TIME.
SHAYNA: TO DATE AN -- TODAY AN ART GALLERY, LATER A THEATER FOR SHAKESPEAREAN ACTORS.
A METAMORPHOSIS INSIDE THIS OLD MILL, JUST AS THE TOWN TRANSFORMS AROUND IT.
A LOT OF WORK HAS BEEN DONE BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO IMPROVE THE TOWN AND HAVE IT COME INTO ITS OWN.
IT IS EXCITING TO BE PAR