February 4th Select Board Newsletter - Special Edition

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February 4, 2020

Dear Stratham Residents,
This special newsletter is intended to remind residents about two events of interest:

  • Outreach Event for Gateway Implementation (TIF District) - This Thursday
  • Stratham Heritage Commission Program - This Friday

Please remind your neighbors about this resource for keeping on top of information from the Town.  To sign-up for these updates and other notifications, please visit: https://www.strathamnh.gov/subscribe.

The Select Board
Michael Houghton, Chairman           Joe Lovejoy, Vice Chair           Allison Knab

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OUTREACH EVENT FOR GATEWAY IMPLEMENTATION (TIF DISTRICT) – This Thursday, February 6th

Building on the October 2019 outreach event related to the Gateway Implementation TIF District, the Select Board will hold a follow-up event this coming Thursday, February 6th at 7:00 p.m. in the Municipal Center.  This event will build on the presentation and discussion from October and include more information about examples of TIF districts as well as provide answers to frequently asked questions.  Below is a tentative agenda for the evening: 

Welcome and Introduction – Stratham Select Board
Stratham’s District & Plan – David Moore, TA
New Hampshire TIF Examples
                                Town of Exeter – Darren Winham – Economic Development Director
                                Town of Bedford, NH – Rick Sawyer – Town Manager
Question and Answers

Please join us!

HERITAGE COMMISSION EVENT – This Friday, February 7th
Steve Taylor, former State Agriculture Commissioner and popular New Hampshire Humanities speaker, will present “New Hampshire Roads Taken – Or Not” in an evening program sponsored by the Heritage Commission and supported by “Humanities To Go.”  Taylor’s talk will review the history of New Hampshire’s highway choices in the last century and the economic, social, and cultural changes that followed those decisions. The program will be in the Morgera Room at the Stratham Fire House, Winnicutt Rd., on Friday, February 7, at 7PM.

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