Post Type Archives: Events

Save the date: The Plan NH Fall Conference is returning on September 29. Join Plan NH as they explore the role of commercial and retail (re)development in community revitalization and vibrancy for local communities. Featuring keynote speaker David Dixon of Stantec, an internationally recognized design and consulting firm based in Boston, MA.

Making The Math Work: Building Ruth Lewin Griffin Place The Greater Seacoast region desperately needs more workforce housing, but financing and other barriers create roadblocks throughout the process. Learn how the Portsmouth Housing Authority tackled this daunting challenge through perseverance, innovative tax credits available to all developers, and community financing. Join the Workforce Housing Coalition …

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On June 2, housing leaders representing employers, developers, and advocacy groups will gather to share their perspectives and discuss ongoing and proposed measures to address the issue. The event is the Housing Breakfast, Thursday, June 2, 7:30 to 9 am, at the Hilton Garden Inn, Lebanon, hosted by Vital Communities and Twin Pines Housing. The …

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Planning Lunches at Noon Monthly Webinar Series: EngAGEing Communities in Planning for All: An Update on Age-Friendly Work Across the State The next webinar in the NH Office of Planning and Development (OPD) Planning Lunches at Noon (PLAN) Monthly Webinar Series is Thursday June 16, 2022, from 12 to 1:00pm. The webinar will be hosted …

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Presentation Topic: Addressing the Housing Challenge Join the Southwest Region Planning Commission on June 14 to learn about the on-going update to the Housing Needs Assessment for Southwest New Hampshire. SWRPC staff will share data and results of outreach activities that have been collected to-date from stakeholders in the region. An opportunity will be provided …

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Join the Greater Hudson Chamber of Commerce, Regional Economic Development Center, and Workforce Housing Coalition of the Greater Seacoast for a film screening, panel discussion, and audience Q & A. The evening will feature individual screenings of the film Communities and Consequences ll: Rebalancing New Hampshire’s Human Ecology from 6-7pm. You may watch the film …

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Join the Urban Institute for a conversation about how land-use policy plays an important role in influencing access to opportunity for people of color throughout the United States. Urban researchers have long demonstrated that Black people, Indigenous people, and other people of color face systematically inequitable access to affordable housing in communities with many jobs …

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New Hampshire has a unique and unprecedented opportunity to invest in both a robust economic recovery and in the long-term health and economic outcomes of all Granite Staters. The State’s flexible COVID-19 recovery funds, granted through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), can be used to provide direct aid to residents as well as to …

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Join the Center for Ethics for a special webinar presentation with Paul Willen, senior economist and policy advisor in the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Research Department. He will discuss current issues in the housing market, both across the country and in New Hampshire. Why are house prices going up so much? Is there a …

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Join the NH Community Loan Fund and Workforce Housing Coalition on a bus tour of Resident-Owned Communities (ROC) in the Seacoast. New Hampshire is facing a shortage of housing attainable to our workforce. This is a unique opportunity to explore one of New Hampshire’s greatest success stories: resident-owned manufactured home communities. There will be multiple …

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