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Opportunity for Public Input: NH SBDC Business Resiliency Survey 
The NH Small Business Development Center (SBDC) developed a business resiliency survey with the UNH Survey Center. 

The survey will help inform SBDC and its partners on the impacts of COVID-19, on small businesses throughout NH. By leveraging the results, NH’s economic development partners can more effectively assist in the recovery and reopening of NH businesses.  

The goal is to distribute the survey statewide across a diverse range of industries and communities.  

This initiative is made possible with funds from the CARES Act.  

The survey will be live through June 24 and should take less than 10 minutes to complete.

Click here to take the NH SBDC Business Resiliency Survey. 

Many business organizations throughout the state are partnering to share the survey to their constituents, so if you have already taken it, thank you for participating! 
Planning Event of Interest: "Green Grass, Clear Water" Webinar hosted by the Seabrook-Hamptons Estuary Alliance
The Seabrook-Hamptons Estuary Alliance is co-hosting a webinar on Monday (6/15 at 6:30 p.m.) called "Green Grass, Clear Water." The focus of this training is environmentally friendly lawn care for property owners. View the flyer .

The speaker, Julia Peterson, is a Coastal Water Resources Specialist at UNH  Sea Grant / Cooperative Extension ( https://seagrant.unh.edu/WQ-and-lawns-outreach ). Information covered will be relevant across the NH Seacoast region.

Registration is free but required. You can register here .

If you're unable to attend, feel free to access some of UNH's related online resources .
Planning Event of Interest: NHPA Virtual Spring Conference Sessions 2 & 3
The NH Planners Association three-week virtual spring conference series kicked off this week on Wednesday, Jun. 10.  

After each webinar one of four awards will be announced: professional planner of the year, citizen planner of the year, planner of the year, and project of the year.  

Congratulations to the awardees announced this week: citizen planner of the year, Frank Torr, long-time member of the City of Dover Planning Board, and planner of the year, Liz Durfee, AICP, Owner & Principal at EF | Design & Planning, LLC. 

Next week 'Plan of the Year' will be announced. 

The next two sessions will be held on Jun. 17 and Jun. 24, respectively. The sessions are: 
 
Talkin’ Trash 101—Is Recycling Dead?  
 
Speakers Marc Morgan (Solid Waste Manager, City of Lebanon) and Michael Durfor (Former NRRA Executive Director) will review the impact of China's recent "National Sword” on collapsing recycling markets worldwide and how US cities and towns here in NH and New England are dealing with increased costs and increased land filling of materials. Register here .   

Housing Retrospective  

Speakers Mark Fougere (Fougere Planning and Development, Inc.) and Ben Frost (Managing Director of Policy and Public Affairs at NH Housing Finance Authority) will provide an update of current study underway by NHHFA to review NH community’s progress towards  complying with the State’s 10-year-old workforce housing statute. Registe r  here .  

Planning Event of Interest: The Atlanta Region's State of TDM
Social distancing has dramatically changed travel patterns across the region. What will happen when more businesses reopen?

ARC’s next webinar explores the t ransportation  demand management strategies that will help manage the return to the workplace.

Register online.
Strafford Regional Planning Commission | 603-994-3500 | srpc@strafford.org | www.strafford.org
June 12, 2020