The largest town in the Valley, Conway is the center of business and service activity. It includes the villages of North Conway, South Conway, East Conway, Center Conway, Kearsarge, Intervale, Redstone and Conway itself. It is a diverse town.

Conway Village has traditionally leaned more toward industry - small manufacturing businesses. A number of these went south when it seemed economic to do so in search of lower labor costs. Now that such costs are leveling out, and there are signs of a reverse trend, there is increasing demand for commercial property. It is generally a year round residential community, and house prices are lower than in North Conway for comparable properties.

Center Conway is similar to Conway. It is the town center and includes a substantial part of Conway Lake. Lake frontage properties, of course, command quite a bit higher prices, though there are houses within walking distance of the lake that are a lot lower. East Conway is reached by the road of the same name and becomes farming country after a few miles. Along that road, however, new developments have opened, and property along the Saco River can be reached down several of the south side-roads.

Redstone is a unique little residential community, originally created to house workers in the now closed quarry that gives the area its name. It is well kept up, with neat, modest homes.