SRPC interns Gordon and Stephen set counts in Rochester. ( SRPC Photo)
Planning

Stefanie Casella, data and analysis assistant, recently began circuit riding for the Town of Nottingham, providing contract planning services. Stefanie primarily manages the data collection program at Strafford Regional Planning Commission and received her Bachelor of Science in Community and Environmental Planning from the University of New Hampshire. In this new role, Stephanie is training with Town staff, and with SRPC Executive Director Jen Czysz.

The contract for circuit riding services with Nottingham marks the third planning consultant contract SRPC currently has in place with its communities. SRPC is currently contracting with the Town of Northwood for Planning services, and has been since 2014, and with the Town of Farmington, which it did from 2015 to 2017, and most recently again beginning in 2019.

For more information on our planning contract services visit our website .

Pieces of Interest


Transportation

On Wednesday, Jul. 24, data collection interns Stephen Geis and Gordon Lewis, along with data analyst Rachel Dewey, met with staffers from Southern New Hampshire Planning Commission (SNHPC) to discuss traffic count data collection methods. Run by staffers Pamela Garrity and Monique Duchesne, SNHPC’s traffic count program has been observed by Strafford Regional Planning Commission (SRPC) to be innovative and time saving, the reasons behind the meeting.

Some strategies discussed included using longer nails to secure tubes to the soft shoulder of the road, saving time spent hammering nails into the pavement, and using color coded zip ties to mark tube length which helps for matching tubes to set counts. Ideas for different tube setups when laying a count were also discussed. Overall, the meeting was a great chance for the two regional planning commissions (RPCs) to collaborate and discuss best practices.

To learn more about SRPC’s data collection efforts visit our website . 

 Pieces of Interest

Economic Development

Shayna Sylvia, communications and outreach planner will be joining Wentworth Economic Development Corporation Executive Director Denise Roy Palmer and Explore Moose Mountains consultant Barbara Wilson to present at the annual Northern New England Chapter of the American Planning Association (NNECAPA) Conference in November. Explore Moose Mountains (EMM) is a grassroots, non-profit initiative to promote the WONDERFUL in towns of Brookfield, Farmington, Milton, Middleton, New Durham, Wakefield and Wolfeboro. It’s parent entity, Wentworth Economic Development Corporation, is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) regional economic development corporation founded in 1993 for the sole purpose of promoting economic growth in the eastern Lakes Region.
Shayna, Barbara and Denise will be providing an overview on how the EMM initiative began in 2014, and the role social media, primarily Facebook, has played in publicizing the effort.

Senior Planner James Burdin will also be presenting at the conference with Sarah Marchant, City of Nashua, and Donna Benton, City of Dover. They will lead a session on work/life balance for planners.

Learn more about the NNECAPA conference online .

Pieces of Interest

Strafford Regional Planning Commission | 603-994-3500 | srpc@strafford.org | www.strafford.org
July 26, 2019