A walk down Main Street in the next few months will reveal several new developments -- from restaurants to retail stores, as proprietors adjust to the ever-changing Hanover business scene.
Molly's Balloon, a restaurant on Main Street, is beginning extensive renovations in its dining room and bar area. The revised restaurant will hold an extra 30 seats and feature a brick pizza oven.
Molly's director of operations, Jim Goodrum, said the renovations will take three months, but should affect restaurant hours "very minimally." This is the first time Molly's has been renovated.
Molly's is operated by the owners of Jesse's Restaurant and Tavern and Lui Lui in West Lebanon.
Subterra Sports will close in two weeks, according to owner Jay Campion.
The store operated for three years on 40 South Main St. next to the clothing store Mia, which Campion also owns.
Campion said the concept behind Subterra Sports was "evaporating." He will use the space occupied by Subterra Sports to add a new branch to Mia, which he will call Mia Sport.
Mia Sport will open in mid-March and will sell men and women's Patagonia products.
The store is currently undergoing renovation.
A Chinese take-out restaurant called China Lite opened at a new location next to Ramunto's last Wednesday. Its site at 68 South Main St. holds six seats.
The owners of the restaurant also operate the China Lite in West Lebanon.
The changes extend beyond the immediate Main Street area.
The Centerra Resource Park on Route 120 opened its doors last November. The center includes six stores: The Co-Op Food Store, Thidwick's Kitchen, Forever Yours card and gift shop, MiniCorp Kids, Systems Plus computers and Lake Sunapee Bank.
Woody Simons, a real estate officer at the College, said the stores are "doing great," and the Co-Op store acts as the main anchor drawing customers to the 35,000 square foot plaza.
An Asian-Pacific restaurant, Monsoons, will enter the plaza before mid-April. It will hold 150 people. The owners of "Sweet Tomato's" in Lebanon are backing Monsoons.
