CONWAY — Everyone talks about the lack of affordable housing, but a young local contractor, Ryan Jean, hopes to do something about it.
Jean, 38, founder and owner of Cathedral Ledge Contracting of North Conway, intends to develop a small subdivision of single-family homes on a 2.8-acre parcel owned by the N.H. Housing Finance Authority.
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