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Are you ready to be part of the effort to improve home availability and affordability? Join residents, employers, officials, and other leaders … Learn about exciting housing approaches being used in the region … Help unveil “Keys to the Valley,” an online information tool for organizing and encouraging dozens of different strategies and tools that …

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Plan NH is pleased to host a session with Jeff Speck, national thought leader on the role of walkability in economic and community development. Mr. Speck will address Planning that Belongs in NH in a fun and thought-provoking way.  If you have not yet heard him speak, you are in for a treat! The event …

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  How can a mall or office park or other unused commercial spaces be retrofitted to meet our region’s needs? Imagine converting these types of buildings into affordable housing or retrofitting these areas to reduce our dependence on cars while increasing water and energy resilience. Picture a retrofit of a mall that creates an inviting …

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Land use regulations can help our communities provide the homes needed for resident health and economic vitality; however, they can also be barriers to a community’s ability to respond to specific needs and adapt to change. Come learn about how land use regulations impact our region’s homes and strategies to better provide the homes we need …

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To address our region’s housing crisis, many new homes are needed. Through thoughtful planning, we can tackle this challenge in a way that strengthens community bonds, bolsters local tax bases, and ensures quality of life for residents. This workshop will cover a variety of planning tools available to communities, including strategies around land use, transportation, infrastructure, …

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New Hampshire Legal Assistance and New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority are pleased to present a statewide conference on language access issues, including: Alexandra Baer from Language Bank will present on how to properly communicate with limited English proficient (LEP) individuals using an interpreter Iris Coloma-Gaines of the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute will address compliance with the language …

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New Hampshire Legal Assistance and New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority are pleased to present a virtual statewide training on compliance with the accessibility requirements of the Fair Housing Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. At this training, Mark English of E&A Team, Inc. will debunk common accessibility myths, discuss …

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Will be hosted via Zoom “Integrating Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) by Design,” will engage participants in considering how basic DEI concepts are defined and applied using examples from the built environment. The session will include three segments: reviewing working definitions of “diversity,” “equity” and “inclusion” that can be applied to the built environment and in …

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Will be hosted via Zoom Pop-up projects are fun, AND they’re also one of the smartest planning strategies around. Quick, temporary, inexpensive projects and demos can be invaluable tools to build support for long-term change, create energy and attract volunteers, demonstrate complex ideas, build local capacity, gather data, make rapid improvements to public spaces, and …

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The 27th Annual Planning and Zoning Conference will be held virtually online on Saturday, May 15, 2021 from 9 AM to 12 PM. NHOSI’s 2021 Spring Planning and Zoning Conference will be held as a free, half-day, online conference on Saturday, May 15, 2021 from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. All conference sessions will be recorded and …

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