Accompanying maps at the Statewide Freight Summit Source: SRPC
Planning

On Monday, Mar. 19, principal planner Kyle Pimental held the first meeting of the Multi-Hazard Mitigation Planning Committee tasked with updating Farmington's Hazard Mitigation Plan. During the meeting, the planning committee discussed the update process; reviewed the community profile, asset inventory, and national flood insurance program; and discussed past mitigation strategies.
 
The committee will next meet on Monday, April 9, at 10 a.m. at Farmington's Municipal Offices. As with the first meeting, all citizens, businesses, municipal officials, and interested parties from Farmington and neighboring communities are welcome.
 
If you are unavailable to attend, please forward any ideas or concerns you have to Kyle at  kpimental@strafford.org  or to James Reinert, Farmington's fire chief, at  jreinert@farmingtonfd.net .
 
The update of the 2013 Plan is funded by FEMA under contract to the Strafford Regional Planning Commission and is a collaborative process with the town. To learn more about hazard mitigation planning, visit http://strafford.org/services/hazard.php .

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Transportation

Colin Lentz, regional transportation planner, and Rachel Dewey, data analyst, attended the Statewide Freight Summit in Claremont on Thursday. This event was the second workshop for the State Freight Plan, allowing NHDOT to present their progress with the plan and provide other updates relevant to federal freight programs, the New Hampshire Port, and autonomous and connected trucking. 
 
Attending the meeting were freight industry representatives; members and staff of the regional planning commissions; state, local, and elected officials; and businesses and non-profits that ship or receive goods and materials or are involved in freight logistics.
 
NHDOT began work on New Hampshire's first statewide freight plan in spring 2016 and expects to complete it this fall. This ongoing process will include more opportunities for participation, especially in coordination with Strafford MPO and the process of defining rural and urban freight corridors. For more information on how you can get involved contact Colin at clentz@strafford.org or visit:

 

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Economic Development

On Friday, March 16, regional transportation planner Colin Lentz and data collection & analysis assistant Stefanie Casella facilitated a meeting of the Branch River Scenic Byway at McKenzie's Farm in Milton. At the meeting, Stefanie reviewed changes to the byway story map she is developing. The map highlights areas of interest along the byway and can be used as a marketing tool.
 
Extending the byway is being explored, and Colin and Stefanie provided a map to help the group visualize potential new routes. 
 
In the coming month, Stefanie will finalize the story map, and she and Colin will gather marketing materials from other byways for the Branch River group to use as templates. 
 
For more information on the Branch River Scenic Byway, contact Stefanie at  scasella@strafford.org . 

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