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Planning
At its July 10 meeting, the Rochester City Council adopted updated water use restrictions developed with support from SRPC and principal regional planner Kyle Pimental. The updates are now part of chapter 17 of the city code.
 
Assisting Kyle on this project was Shayna Sylvia, communications and outreach specialist, who created a rack card/handout that will also soon be available on the city’s website.
 
SRPC’s work was funded by a source water protection grant from the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services. SRPC received the grant in May 2017 to work with Dover and Rochester on adopting new water conservation regulations. The outcome of SRPC’s work with Dover was updated landscaping regulations, adopted as part of the city’s site plan regulations. The 12-month project ended in May of this year
 
For more information on this project, contact Kyle at kpimental@strafford.org .

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Transportation
A yearly release of updated measures to track public engagement with the work of the Strafford Metropolitan Planning Organization (Strafford MPO) is being prepared by Shayna Sylvia, communications and outreach specialist, and will be available in the coming months.
 
The measures are included in the most recent update to the Strafford MPO public participation plan (PPP), which was approved in October 2017. The update featured a new layout and includes the following new elements:
 
  • “Strafford MPO In Action” features (see pg. 27 for an example).
  • Revamped performance measures, including baseline measures, in the section “How Do We Measure Up?” (pg. 41).
  • Updated social media and outreach statistics (see "How Do We Measure Up?")
  • Simplified instructions for contacting Strafford MPO and for getting involved with the Strafford MPO’s planning and outreach process (see pg. 26 for an example).
  • New sections on “Ensuring Equity in Engagement” (pg. 31) and “Municipal Engagement” (pg. 37).
 
The entire PPP is available at:


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Economic Development
Strafford Economic Development District (Strafford EDD) is planning its kick-off Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) Committee meeting for fall 2018. This meeting will be the first CEDS Committee meeting focused on the update to the five-year strategy.
 
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."
 
As staffers begin to plan for the next iteration, it is vital that they have input from a variety of regional stakeholders. We encourage interested parties to contact James Burdin , regional economic development planner, or Nancy O' Connor , program content coordinator. New members of the CEDS Committee will join current members in guiding the plan writing process and will help create a usable document for the entire region. For more information on Strafford EDD, visit http://strafford.org/econdev/econdev.php .

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July 20, 2018