Mapping & GIS Services -- Estimates and Placing an Order
Join the NH Coastal Adaptation Workgroup (CAW) for an evening with local researchers and community representatives to discuss how coastal groundwater will rise with sea level, and the impacts to water quality, infrastructure, and ecosystem health. The workshop is geared towards Municipal staff, board and commission members, public works staff, emergency management personnel, coastal community members, consultants, engineers, and members of the NH Coastal Risk and Hazards Commission.
Speakers include Jayne Knott and Dr. Jennifer Jacobs (UNH and the Infrastructure and Climate Network (ICNet)), Kyle Pimental (Strafford Regional Planning Commission), and Dale Pike (Newmarket Town Council).
What to expect:
• Learn from local experts where groundwater is expected to rise and by how much.
• Discuss how communities may be affected and what we can do to prepare.
• Discuss how properties that currently have groundwater problems may see these problems get worse.
• Share your knowledge and experiences. We want to hear from YOU.
Meeting Details:
Thursday, April 26, 2018, 5:00 – 7:45 pm (light dinner provided 5:00-5:30) at the Hugh Gregg Coastal Conservation Center, 89 Depot Road, Greenland, NH
Workshop is FREE, but space is limited.
Register online: https://tinyurl.com/CAWgroundwater by 5 PM on Monday, April 23, 2018.
Questions? Email Sherry.Godlewski@des.nh.gov or call 603-271-6801.
View the workshop flyer below.
Public Announcement
Town of Rochester Hazard Mitigation Planning Committee
Strafford Regional Planning Commission has begun the process to update the Town of Rochester's Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan. The third meeting with the Multi-Hazard Mitigation Planning Committee has been scheduled for Thursday, Apr. 26 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the City Hall Annex Cocheco Room, 37 Wakefield Street, Rochester, NH 03867.
All citizens, businesses, municipal officials, and interested parties from Rochester and other neighboring communities are welcome to attend the meeting. If you are unavailable to attend, please forward any ideas or concerns to: James Burdin, Regional Economic Development Planner, Strafford Regional Planning Commission at jburdin@strafford.org.
This update of the 2013 Plan is funded by FEMA under contract to Strafford Regional Planning Commission and is a collaborative planning process with the town.
Strafford Regional Planning Commission
150 Wakefield Street, Suite 12
Rochester, New Hampshire 03867
Tel: (603) 994-3500 Fax: (603)994-3504
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