On Wednesday, November 15th, Senior Transportation Planner Colin Lentz attended the NH Municipal Association annual meeting to give a presentation on the expansion of electric vehicle charging infrastructure, along with Chris Skoglund from Clean Energy NH, and Jackson Kaspari from the City of Dover. The presentation focused on the accelerating adoption of electric vehicles and the economic and climate imperative for expanding EV charging infrastructure in New Hampshire. Jackson gave some on-the-ground examples of sustainability planning and EV charging deployment from Dover. Colin and Chris highlighted EV charging guides developed by SRPC and Clean Energy NH. 

This week SRPC’s economic development team hosted an in-person event in partnership with the City of Somersworth. Principal Planner Angie Cleveland, Senior Transportation Planner Colin Lentz, and the Seacoast Economic Development Stakeholders took a inspiring tour of the JEMS by Pensole shoe manufacturing facility in Somersworth Tuesday morning. This facility uses state of the art technology to cut and sew sneakers using materials from the US and local talent. This is the second such Seacoast Economic Development Stakeholders tour, intended to promote and build a greater understanding of manufacturing in the region.