BITS AND PIECES

A Weekly Update from the Strafford Region

SRPC executive director Jen Czysz presents on "How Much Housing Does New Hampshire Need?" at the 81st annual NHMA Conference. (Photo courtesy of Jenn Rowden)

Planning

On Thursday, Nov. 18, regional planner Autumn Scott and principal regional planner Blair Haney joined UNH professor Mary Friedman's class to offer students an inside look at being a professional planner. 

Autumn and Blair shared their planning experience and why planning is important to them before explaining the role of regional planning commissions and walking students through some current SRPC projects. 

Blair and Autumn shared insight on what makes a good planner and left students with some words of wisdom before ending the session with a Q and A. 

SRPC thanks Professor Friedman for her invitation, and enjoyed connecting with UNH students in the planning major. 

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Economic Development

On Thursday, Nov. 17, executive director Jen Czysz joined Noah Hodgetts, principal planner, New Hampshire Office of Planning and Development and Heather McCann, executive director, New Hampshire Housing to present on "How Much Housing Does New Hampshire Need?" at the 81st annual New Hampshire Municipal Association Conference. 

This session provided an overview of the results of the recently completed State Housing Needs Assessments, as well as the forthcoming results of the Regional Housing Needs Assessments.  

Highlights included current conditions and trends in New Hampshire’s housing market; primary housing challenges, for the state overall and segmented by region, including how those challenges changed with the pandemic; current and projected housing needs, for the state overall and segmented by region; and tools which communities can utilize to increase permitting and production of housing of all types and sizes. 

Each RPC will be completing their respective RHNA's in the coming few months. Learn more at https://www.nharpc.org/rhna/. 

November 18, 2022