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Anne Rugg of commuteSMARTseacoast presenting the 2017 Silver Sustainability Award to SRPC's Shayna Sylvia

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Planning

Rachael Mack, GIS planner, attended the Northeast Arc Users (NEARC) conference from Monday, Nov. 6, to Wednesday, Nov. 8, in Newport, R.I. The conference included opportunities for technical training from Esri, the company that publishes ArcGIS; user-to-user sessions; and community building activities.
 
Trainings presented at the conference covered collecting bike/ped infrastructure data, building robust multi-modal networks, and MS4 mapping, web mapping, and other municipal mapping topics.
 
The conference also gave Rachael the opportunity to become familiar with what other states' departments of transportation and regional planning commission-level organizations are doing with ArcGIS. She looks forward to integrating into SRPC's mapping work many of the new features and project examples she learned about at the conference.
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Transportation

On Friday, Nov. 3, commuteSMARTseacoast held a sustainability event and award ceremony at La Maison Navarre in Portsmouth. The event was attended by participants in the Transportation Management Agency's (TMA's) Commuter challenge from a variety of seacoast businesses and organizations. 
 
Guest speaker Jim Merkel, author of "Radical Simplicity: Small Footprints on a Finite Earth," spoke about the importance of sustainability and the positive effects sustainable practices can have on the environment. His presentation was followed by the awarding of bronze, silver, and gold awards for excellence in promoting sustainable commuting options for employees. SRPC received a Sustainability Champion silver award, a step up from last year's bronze award!
 
To learn more about commuteSMARTseacoast, or to get involved in the commute smart movement, visit: http://commutesmartseacoast.org/ . 

Economic Development

Stef Casella, data collection & analysis assistant, attended the NH Scenic & Cultural ByWays Council meeting in Concord on Thursday, Nov. 9. The Strafford region is home to three byways: the Branch River Valley Scenic Byway, the Mills Scenic Byway, and the Upper Lamprey River Scenic Byway.
 
Discussions at the meeting concerned plans for marketing the state's byways and monitoring of requirements for current byways. The committee also approved the "2016-2017 Report of the NH Scenic & Cultural Byways Council."
In addition to attending the council meeting, Stef recently completed a story map of tourist locations along the Branch River Valley Scenic Byway. You can see the map at   http://arcg.is/2hPl3En!  



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