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Snip from the Resiliency Roundtable (SRPC Photo).
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Planning
On Thursday, Apr. 15 SRPC held its first resiliency roundtable. An outcome of the SRPC resiliency subcommittee, this event included presentations by guest speakers Kayla Henderson, hazard mitigation planner, and Heathery Dunkerley, field representative, from the New Hampshire Department of Safety, Homeland Security and Emergency Management. They discussed hazard mitigation planning and resiliency themes and techniques.
Following the presentation, attendees were prompted to engage in a roundtable discussion to talk about their municipal approaches to hazard mitigation planning, possible scenarios for regional collaboration, and the emerging theme of resiliency as it relates to planning for natual disasters.
Following this kick-off, the resiliency roundtables will now be occurring on a consistent basis, every third Thursday of the month.
SRPC’s expertise in hazard mitigation planning comes from years of contracting with most of its regional communities to facilitate and update their hazard mitigation plans. These documents are updated on a five-year cycle. In fiscal’s years 2021 and 2022, SRPC is updating plans in Somersworth, Barrington, New Durham, and Rollinsford.
To learn more about hazard mitigation planning visit:
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Transportation
During the week of Apr. 12 Strafford MPO staff finalized the content for the 2021 Metropolitan Transportation Plan to go out for public comment on Monday, Apr. 19. The MTP is the core transportation plan for the SRPC region, and comprises at least twenty years, including projects in the 4-year Transportation Improvement Program, the Statewide Ten Year Plan, and the long range portion of the Metro Plan called the out-years.
Newly organized for this iteration the plan addresses regional issues organized into the following themes: Economic Linkages, Housing & Jobs, Infrastructure Conditions, Inter-regional Transit, Intra-regional Transit, Overall System Performance, Population Demographics, and Safety.
The updated MTP is also unique in that the data that would normally be incorporated into the plan itself, is now a standalone resource called the Data Snapshot. This document is organized into 6 sections, and includes data relevant to all of SRPC's core plans, including the MTP.
The draft MTP will be available on Monday for public review, with a 45 day public comment period ending on Thursday, May 20th. It will be available on the SRPC website in addition to copies at the Dover, Rochester, and Somersworth libraries. Comments can be submitted via email (clentz@strafford.org), phone or mail. Comments via phone should be left at 603-994-3500 EXT 102. For mail, address comments to Colin Lentz, Senior Transportation Planner, Strafford Regional Planning Commission, 150 Wakefield Street, Suite 12, Rochester, NH 03867.
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Economic Development
Through its EDA CARES program, Strafford EDD is beginning to procure a network of businesses and consultants to provide support and assistance to other business owners with services such as general IT, audiovisual, cybersecurity, marketing, website development, among other subjects.
This service would be free to businesses, and Strafford EDD staff will work to connect aligned contractors with businesses depending on their needs. Funding from the EDA CARES grant will fund consultants to provide up to 3 hours of assistance to businesses.
Natalie Moles, SRPC’s economic recovery coordinator is leading this effort, and interested contractors should contact her at nmoles@strafford.org to learn more.
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Intended send date: Apr. 16, 2021
Actual send date: Apr. 20, 2021
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