Screenshot of the "Visualizing Crashes" Map Source: SRPC
Planning

In less than a month, Cynthia Copeland will retire after almost 19 years as SRPC's executive director. In her final weeks as executive director, Cynthia is visiting each community in the Strafford region to say goodbye, to discuss their future needs from the organization, and to pair them with the appropriate staff members to assist them.

This "farewell tour" is giving Cynthia and the staff opportunities to discuss not only current work but also new projects they may be able to help communities with. Cynthia visited Barrington, Dover, and Wakefield this week, and will meet with the other 15 communities in the coming weeks.

If your municipality does not yet have a meeting scheduled, please contact Nancy O'Connor at noconnor@strafford.org.

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Transportation

Strafford Metropolitan Planning Organization (Strafford MPO) GIS planner Rachael Mack was hard at work this week updating the intelligent transportation systems (ITS) map and creating a crash and injury data map. The map " Intelligent Transportation System Devices " shows the location of state-owned ITS equipment such as weather stations, cameras, and digital message boards as of December 2013.
 
Rachael also created a map titled "Visualizing Crashes," which displays the density of regional vehicle crashes from 2002-2014. Roadways are shown by the number of injuries from crashes (along that segment of road) during the same period. Roads where a higher rate of injuries from crashes occurred are shown with a thicker line width. 

This regional map displays information that is also being tracked as part of the Partnering for Performance NH (PFPNH) effort and is an example of how staffers can display this type of data when annually tracking measures such as safety.

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Economic Development

Strafford Economic Development District (Strafford EDD) staffers recently developed a survey to help improve the Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) update process.
 
As you may know, the CEDS that Strafford EDD maintains for our region highlights trends, happenings with businesses and industries, and priority projects and updates submitted by our communities and stakeholders. The 2011-2016 CEDS was adopted in September 2011 and readopted in January 2015 as the economic development appendix of the SRPC Master Plan, "Local Solutions for the Strafford Region."
 
Annual updates between 2011 and 2018 have ensured that the most recent data and trends are reported to Strafford EDD's communities and stakeholders. Staffers are completing the 2017 CEDS Annual update, which will be followed by the next 5-year iteration of the plan beginning in 2019.
 
As staffers begin work on the next iteration, it is vital that they have the input of regional representatives, including current members of the CEDS Committee and other interested stakeholders. We would love to hear from any and all interested parties. Contact Nancy O' Connor, program content coordinator, for more information.

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