NRPC Welcomes New Employees |
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Monique Wahba, Principal Transportation Planner |
Monique Wahba joined NRPC in April as our Principal Transportation Planner. She comes to us from upstate New York with a background in transportation planning and policy, housing, and neighborhood revitalization.
Monique has a Master’s in Urban Planning from the University of Oregon. She currently resides in Nashua and is enjoying exploring her new community.
Welcome to the team Monique!
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Cassie Cashin, Regional Planner III |
Cassie Cashin returned to the team as a Regional Planner III; she previously worked for NRPC from 2016-2021. In her current role she will be handling the hazard mitigation program, circuit riding for the Town of Mason, providing on-site administrative assistance and office hours for the Town of Lyndeborough, and assisting with other land use projects.
Cassie currently resides with her husband at her small farm in Francestown and is a certified advanced EMT.
Welcome back to the team Cassie!
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NRPC wants to hear from YOU!
We are asking all of our community partners to ask for your participation with a very important survey!
The results from this short survey will help NRPC update our Statement of Strategy. This is vital in the development of a Strategic Plan to help guide where we focus our energies for the next five years. It is important to us that we know what YOU want so we can better serve our member communities and the region as a whole.
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E-Recycling Event - May 13th |
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SAVE THE DATE!
NRPC is partnering with MakeIt Labs for an Electronic Device Collection on Saturday, May 13th from 8-noon at 25 Crown Street, Nashua! Donate, repair or recycle your electronic devices!
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2023 Household Hazardous Waste Collections |
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Join us on THURSDAY, JUNE 1st from 3-7PM for the next Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Collection of 2023 at 25 Crown Street, Nashua!
The fee is $15 per vehicle for up to 10 gallons or 20 pounds of waste. We encourage carpooling!!
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Upcoming Meetings at NRPC |
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See what's happening this month.
Please note that NRPC offices will be closed on Monday, May 29th in observance of Memorial Day.
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May 13 2023, 8:00am-12:00pm, 25 Crown Street, Nashua
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Looking to stay informed about NRPC?
Attend our meetings! Agendas are posted approximately five days in advance on the NRPC online calendar, or reach out to staff contacts to be added to group email lists. Unless otherwise noted, meetings will be held at: 30 Temple Street, Suite 310, Nashua, NH.
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CommuteSmart NH Spring Statewide Challenge |
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The Spring Statewide challenge is back again in May 2023. Within the online trip logger or mobile app, log in and track a sustainable trip during May and you will be a participant of the challenge.
The challenge will run from May 1st through the 31st, log any trip you take using a mode other than driving in a vehicle alone such as walking, biking, transit, carpool, telecommuting (working from home), or any combination of these options. Compressed workweeks can also be counted as you’re still reducing the number of trips driving alone to work.
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Other Events & Training Opportunities |
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May 1-5, 2023, Various times
A series of events held annually each Spring, NH Energy Week brings together business and municipal leaders, industry experts, and policymakers for regional roundtables, and energy forums. You can register for any or all of Clean Energy NH's events being held virtually and in person: 2023 Kickoff, Investing in Resiliency, Energy Trivia 101, Career & Resource Fair, and Powering NH's Energy Future.
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May 16, 2023, 9:00AM - 2:15PM
NHDES will hold its 2023 Drinking Water Source Protection Conference on Tuesday, May 16, in-person, at the Army National Guard Edward Cross Training Complex in Pembroke, NH.
This year’s conference will feature presentations on:
- US EPA’s National Strategic Roadmap for PFAS.
- State legislative and Drinking Water Program Funding Updates.
- UNH research on the distribution and fate of PFAS in surface water.
- How to adopt municipal water use restriction codes applicable during drought.
- Examples and partnerships to conserve critical water supply lands.
- Case studies on adopting effective local zoning that protects groundwater quality.
- Public water system monitoring and response to cyanobacteria blooms.
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May 17, 2023, 9:00AM - 12:30PM
Join NHMA Legal Services Counsel Stephen Buckley and Municipal Services Counsel Jonathan Cowal for this year’s A Hard Road to Travel workshop and the debut of our first fully updated publication since 2015! Not only will this workshop delve into the details of how roads are formed, classified and maintained, how weight limits are established, and the basics of development on Class VI roads, the attorneys here at NHMA have also conducted a review of all the legal inquiries over the past few years and will be providing insight on some of the most common road related legal issues facing towns and cities. These topics involve OHRV’s and snowmobiles, municipal liability and highway maintenance requirements, discontinuing and re-classifying of roads and more!
This workshop will help local officials understand some of the more complicated areas of highway law including a review of the local regulation of highways by the select board, mailbox location, driveway regulation by the planning board, defining the difference between a right-of-way, a public road and a private road, and determining exactly which public entity has the final say in regulating the roads within our towns. NHMA workshops are limited to NHMA members.
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May 18, 2023, 12:00 - 1:30PM
Planning Lunches at Noon (PLAN) Webinar Series
Have you heard there is a shortage of over 23,500 housing units statewide and a need for almost 60,000 new housing units by 2030 and want to do something at the municipal level to incentivize housing production, but not sure where to start? In this webinar Noah Hodgetts, Principal Planner at the NH Office of Planning & Development; Sylvia von Aulock, Executive Director at the Southern New Hampshire Planning Commission; and Stephen Buckley, Legal Services Counsel at the NH Municipal Association will provide strategies to assist community planners and land use boards on possible next steps in addressing housing challenges. The session will detail the different housing tools, data, strategies and resources including funding available for communities interested in implementing planning and zoning changes based on the results of the recently completed Regional Housing Needs Assessments.
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May 22 & 23, 2023
For over forty years, NRRA’s Recycling Conference & Expo has been a premier conference focused exclusively on municipal recycling and waste reduction in the Northeast. The 2023 conference theme is Recycling Tools of the Trade. Join hundreds of attendees, exhibitors, speakers and sponsors to discuss the tools and skills necessary to build thriving municipal recycling and waste reduction programs in your community. The conference will be held for the first time at the Grappone Conference Center in Concord, NH, which strives to reduce their environmental impact through innovative solutions including integrated recycling programs, energy-efficient lighting and HVAC systems, food waste recycling, and local food sourcing.
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June 2, 2023, Common Man Inn & Spa, Plymouth, NH
Save the Date for NHPA's Spring Conference, which will be held at the Common Man Inn & Spa in Plymouth, NH on Friday, June 2
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SBDC's webinars focus on the needs of small businesses all around the state of New Hampshire. Topics of webinars range from starting a business to growing a business, including; financial matters, marketing, cyber, DEI, and many more.
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Have an event or workshop you'd like highlighted? Let us know!
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Grants and Funding Opportunities |
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NRPC has a new page on our website dedicated to Grants and Funding Opportunities! Check it out to view current opportunities for your community and to view additional helpful resources.
If you know of a resource or grant that should be listed, let us know and we will add it!
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Be sure to follow us for updates on events like Household Hazardous Waste collections, general information about NRPC and what we do, projects we are working on, helpful tips on a variety of topics, regional information, and so much more!
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