CONWAY — Madison second-home owners John and Terri Cancelarich say a UNH professor hired to study the financial impact of short-term rentals in Conway dramatically inflated that impact on the local economy.
The professor in question is Daniel Innis, who was hired by the Mount Washington Valley Association for Responsible Vacation Rentals to buttress their case for allowing STRs in Conway.
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