SWRPC Commission Highlights Archive     ISSUE TOPICS May 2010 Planning Commission's Annual Meeting set for June 22, 2010 Commute Green 2010 Kickoff Breakfast NH OEP 17th Spring Planning and Zoning Conference New Hampshire Wildlife Action Plan Updates Planning Commission Staff Attends National Transit Institute Course on Coordinated Mobility Local Housing Commission Workshop SWRPC 2010 Traffic Research Season Begins April 2010 NHDOT Announces Transportation Enhancement Grant Awards Towns of Marlborough and Winchester Awarded CDBG Funding Planning Commission's Brownfields Program Selected for Additional Grant Funding Travel Demand Management Group Activities Local Housing Commission Workshop to be Held May 13th Planning Commission's Annual Meeting Annual Drinking Water Source Protection Workshop NH DES Seeking Input on Permitting Process Mar 2010 Upcoming Events Regional Coordinating Council Updates NH Department of Environmental Services First Annual Brownfields Workshop New Hampshire Broadband Mapping Program and Expansion Grant Efforts NH DES Seeking Input on Permitting Process Feb 2010 Planning Commission's Winter Meeting set for March 16, 2010 SWRPC Staff Completes Emergency Operations Planning Training Recent Site Nominations Approved for Southwest Region Brownfields Program Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Awarded for the Town of Hinsdale Conservation Leadership Training Returns New Hampshire Broadband Mapping Program and Expansion Grant Efforts New Hampshire Public Works Mutual Aid Jan 2010 Broadband Mapping and Planning Project Awarded SWRPC Brownfields Program Leverages Funding for Property in Winchester New Website Features Smart Travel Options Economic Impact of Arts and Culture Organizations in the Monadnock Region Data Collection on Water Resources Conservation Easement Seminar Coming to the Harris Center Dec 2009 Technical Assistance for Water Quality Related Ordinance Awards Announced Southwest Region Information Systems (RIS) Wireless Broadband Ordinance Guidelines Available NHARPC 2010 Legislative Session Update Results of Watershed Restoration Project to be Presented Recreational Trails Program Grant Proposals Due January 29, 2010 Nov 2009 DOT Announces 2009-2010 Congestion Mitigation Air Quality Funding Round Session for Local Energy Committees 2009 National Brownfields Conference New Hampshire Joint Water and Watershed Conference Community Development Block Grant Implementation Workshop Upcoming Workshop on Forest Pests Oct 2009 Important Deadlines for 2010 Town Meetings Southwest Region Brownfields Forum Held October 21, 2009 Focus Group Discusses Innovative Permitting Initiative Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Awarded for Cheshire County Route 12 Corridor Transit/Paratransit Development Study Begins Annual Fall Planning & Zoning Conference Sept 2009 Southwest Region Brownfields Forum Scheduled DES Grants Awarded to Regional Planning Commissions Road Safety Audits Completed 2009 Fall Commission Meeting Scheduled 2009 Traffic Research Season RFP Deadline for Assistance with Innovative Land Use Guide Fall Planning & Zoning Conference Ten Year Transportation Improvement Plan Hearings July / August 2009 Ten Year Transportation Improvement Plan Hearings Scheduled Locally State Broadband Data and Development Grant Program 2009 Municipal Law Lecture Series Annual Fall Planning & Zoning Conference SWRPC Consultant Recommends Route 119 Transit Service Expansion Municipal Hazard Mitigation Planning June 2009 Community Transportation Summit and Planning for Regional Coordinating Council Towns of Hinsdale and Peterborough Awarded CDBG Funding Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy for Southwest New Hampshire Eyesore, Future Greenspace or Redevelopment Opportunity? 2009 Traffic Research Season Local Energy Solutions 2009: First Annual Statewide Local Energy Conference May 2009 Summit on Community Transportation for the Contoocook Valley on June 10th Planning Commission's Annual Meeting set for June 23, 2009 NH OEP 16th Spring Planning and Zoning Conference SWRPC Brownfields Project Receives Clean-up Grant Funding Workforce Housing Sessions Transportation Enhancement Grant Round Opens June 1st Commission Assists Towns of Hinsdale and Peterborough with CDBG Applications April 2009 Upcoming Workforce Housing Sessions - Reminder Cool Monadnock - From Data to Action Green Business Forum held on April 21, 2009 Transit/Paratransit Development Moving Forward NH Water Resource Primer Public Information Session A Public Discussion with the New Hampshire Legislature's Groundwater Commission March 2009 Green Business Forum on April 21, 2009 Transportation Advisory Committee Revisits Projects in the Region Upcoming Workforce Housing Sessions SWRPC Brownfield Program Completes Phase I Assessment in Jaffrey 2010 Census Participant Statistical Areas Program (PSAP) Innovative Land Use Workshop Held in Keene February 2009 Planning Commission's Winter Meeting set for March 24, 2009 Innovative Land Use Workshop on March 28, 2009 Route 119 Transit Expansion Feasibility Study Green Business/Economic Development Forum Planned for April 21, 2009 NH Water Resource Primer Public Information Session Training Session for Public Officials held on February 17, 2009 January 2009 Training Session Planned for Public Officials on February 17th Work Completed for Route 10 Corridor Job Access Study Economic Stimulus Package Project Inventory Monadnock Region Land Summit Municipal Hazard Mitigation Planning NHARPC Legislative Activity December 2008 Summit on "Building Community Transportation in New Hampshire" Monadnock Region Land Summit - January 31, 2009 Grant Award for Transportation Management Association Development Housing and Conservation Planning Forum Community Development Finance Authority Grant Application Writing Workshop Regional Information Systems (RIS) November 2008 2008 Fall Commission Meeting 2010 Census Participant Statistical Areas Program (PSAP) Ashuelot River Watershed Restoration Workshop Safe Routes to School Grant Cycle Opens December 8th Land & Community Heritage Investment Program Innovative Land Use Planning Seminar October 2008 2008 Fall Commission Meeting LCHIP Grant Round Opening Soon 2008 Northeast Traffic Monitoring Data Conference Annual Fall Planning & Zoning Conference Greater Keene Chamber of Commerce Map Updated 2008 Tri-State Transit Conference Business Leaders Breakfast - Affordable Housing September 2008 Annual Fall Planning & Zoning Conference Communities Selected for Safe Routes to School Funding Innovative Land Use Planning Guide Regional Economic Development Planning Transportation Planning Projects Approved Neighborhood Stabilization Program July 2008 Business Expansion in the Town of Gilsum 2008 Municipal Law Lecture Series Municipal Hazard Mitigation Planning SWRPC a Member of the NH Transit Association Mason Changes RPC Affiliation Community Development and Environmental Awareness June 2008 2008 Annual Commission Meeting New Transportation Projects Greenhouse Gas Emission Data Brownfield Nominations Sought 2008 Traffic Research Season Town of Winchester Charrette May 2008 2008 Annual Commission Meeting Community Conservation Partnership 2008 Brownfields Conference 2008 Regional Economic Development Conference Cool Monadnock Event June 26th Gas Prices Got You Down? NH DES 2008 Drinking Water Source Protection Workshop April 2008 Planning Commission's Annual Meeting set for June 24, 2008 Page Homestead Senior Housing in Swanzey A Vision of Future Transportation Along the Connecticut River Valley Innovative Land Use Workshop on May 22nd We Met "the Scientist" on April 7th, 2008 15th Annual Spring Planning and Zoning Conference March 2008 Commission Offices Undergo a Facelift Application Period for Safe Routes to School Funding is Open Wind Energy, Land Use Town of Winchester Selected for Plan NH Charrette Town of Nelson; Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music Monadnock Earth Festival February 2008 Study Launched to Expand Transportation Planning Climate Change Educational Forum Travel and Tourism Database Travel Demand Management for Keene and Beyond Spring Planning & Zoning Conference New EDA Representative January 2008 Legislative Activity Statewide Grants Conference ICLEI - Transportation and Climate Change Project Cool Monadnock Initiative Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy December 2007 Land Use Clerks Works Training Achieving Energy and Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions Community Development Block Grant Applications and Funding Schedules Community Conservation Partnership 12th Annual New Hampshire Economic Development Summit Hazard Mitigation Planning November 2007 10-Year Transportation Improvement Plan Fall 2007 Watershed Conference 2007 Traffic Research Season Staff Participates in Keene State College Proposal Plan NH Charrette Applications Being Accepted October 2007 10-Year Transportation Improvement Plan Commission Assists Town of Nelson with CDBG Application Continuing Education for Towns - Locating Bed Rock Aquifers Economic Development Forum APA 2007 Federal Policy and Program Briefing and Planners' Day on Capitol Hill September 2007 Fall 2007 Commission Meeting NHARPC Establishes Legislative Priorities Marlborough Master Plan Update - Transportation Chapter Winchester Begins Master Plan Update and Downtown Plan Jaffrey Wastewater Improvements Travel Demand Management for Keene and Beyond July / August 2007 Forum on The Monadnock Region in the Global Marketplace 2007 Municipal Law Lecture Series Brownfields Projects Nearing Completion CEDS Milestones Annual Fall Planning & Zoning Conference GACIT Meetings Scheduled for the Southwest Region June 2007 2007 Annual Commission Meeting Excavation/Gravel Pit Lecture in Richmond Boost for Hinsdale Industrial Park Municipal Hazard Mitigation Plans Southwest New Hampshire Tourism Asset Inventory Town of Rindge to Study Site Conditions for Senior Housing May 2007 2007 Annual Commission Meeting SWRPC Brownfields Assessment Program Public Involvement Plan Available for Public Review Head Start Receives Funding Become an ENERGY STAR Community Southwest Region Brownfields Forum NH DRED's Telecom and Technology Matching Grant Program April 2007 2007 Annual Commission Meeting Broadband Forum NH Office of Energy and Planning Spring Planning and Zoning Conference SWRPC Traffic Research GRANIT Municipal GIS Survey Northeast Economic Development Conference Bike-Walk to Work Day March 2007 Broadband Public Forum Safe Routes to School Underway in New Hampshire Infrastructure Improvements in Peterborough Conservation Biology in Land Use Planning Protecting Rural Landscapes and Ways of Life:  Farm Transfer Planning First Annual New Hampshire Water Conference February 2007 Save the Date:  NH OEP Spring Planning and Zoning Conference Dublin Traffic Calming Solution Connecticut River Joint Commissions Discuss Brownfields Redevelopment State Bicycle Route Update Our Changing Economic Geography NH Wildlife Action Plan GIS Data and Mapping Rural Communications Study

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