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A Weekly Update from the Strafford Region

Planning

On Saturday, April 29th, GIS Planner Jackson Rand will be presenting findings from the City of Dover Urban Street Tree Inventory project conducted by SRPC in 2020 at the NH Office of Planning and Development (OPD) Spring 2023 Planning and Zoning Conference. This project inventoried and mapped all the street trees in the Central Business District (CBD) of Dover, NH. A variety of data was collected for each street tree, including tree condition, height, species, and photographs. All this data was compiled in an interactive, online dashboard, which shows a map of all the street trees in downtown Dover, the associated attribute data, and charts with key findings. Jackson’s presentation will focus on the innovative use of GIS tools on this project, including ArcOnline Dashboards and the ESRI Survey123 mobile app.


Jackson will be presenting in the “Planning Processes and Data Track” of the conference, with sessions on Census Data for Municipalities, Geodata for Municipalities, the NH Zoning Atlas, and Thinking Differently About How to Get that Zoning Amendment Approved.


Registration for this conference has been closed, but all sessions will be recorded and posted after the conference ends.


The Dover Street Tree Inventory Dashboard can be viewed on SRPC’s ArcOnline site.


Questions about conducting a street tree inventory, creating an ArcOnline Dashboard, or SRPC’s GIS services can be directed to Jackson at jrand@strafford.org

STAFF CONTACT


Jackson Rand

PIECES OF INTEREST

PLAN NH Merit Awards – Now accepting nominations

PLAN Webinar: Making Zoning Work for Housing in Your Community

Transportation

This week, Planner Mark Davie set up pedestrian counters in downtown Dover (pictured), the first such counts of the 2023 data collection season. Davie, Planning Technician Stephen Geis, and an intern who will join the SRPC team shortly will bring the bicycle-pedestrian count program into its second year in the coming weeks. This Dover count comes in advance of the Spring Fling festival. In having a typical spring weekend count compared to that of a festival, the city of Dover will have an estimate of foot traffic during the events. Dover officials say they intend to cite this data in upcoming grant applications. SRPC staff will return to downtown Dover for another round of pedestrian counts later in the summer.


The pedestrian counters are infrared sensors – not cameras – that have an optional tube attachment that can extend onto a street bike lane or across a trail, similar to those used for vehicle counts. SRPC has over 30 counts planned for the region from late April until early November.


Reach out to Mark or Stephen soon if your community is interested.

STAFF CONTACT


Stephen Geis

STAFF CONTACT


Mark Davie

PIECES OF INTEREST

2023 Green Your Fleet & Beyond! at NH Motor Speedway

State and Federal Funding for NH Communities

Economic Development

On Monday, May 1st a Request for Proposals will be brought before the Farmington Board of Selectmen for a final vote of approval. This request seeks to redevelop the former town Fire Station, once a prominent building in town, that has sat untouched for years. Housing Navigator, Courtney Grugnale worked with a team of many hard-working community members, town staff and members of the SRPC team to prepare the proposal. Farmington aims to see the property become a mixed-use downtown development that brings both commercial and residential growth to Farmington. Which in turn, will bring more jobs and housing to the area and support the town's current economic development initiatives. It is the hope of the Town that this RFP will attract the attention of developers that are interested in developing a thriving and community oriented downtown.

STAFF CONTACT


Courtney Grugnale

Strafford Regional Planning Commission | 603-994-3500 | srpc@strafford.org| www.strafford.org
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April 28, 2023