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Education and training are key components of the iTRaC program.  In addition to offering monthly Resource Cards and Fact Sheets on pertinent topics, iTRaC also sponsors training seminars, which are available free of charge to anyone interested in participating.  These trainings typically take place in the evening and are meant to provide participants with a broad overview of a particular planning topic.  No prior knowledge of the topic is required to attend.

Next Training: Legislative Update for ZBAs
Date: October 7, 2008 at 7:00 pm
Venue: Nashua City Hall
Speakers: David Connell, Esq., Legal Services Counsel for NH Local Government Center

Details:
coming soon

 

A Natural Approach to Landscaping & Streetscaping
Date: 6/26/08
Venue: Nashua Regional Planning Commission
Speakers: Mary Tebo, Community Forestry Educator at UNH Cooperative Extension and Nick Caggiano, Superintendent of Parks & Recreation for the City of Nashua

Materials:

Integrated Landscaping Presentation (Mary Tebo, pdf, 21.1 MB)

Native Landscaping Brochure
UNH Publications Order Form

Planning Board Training
Date: 3/13/08
Venue: Nashua City Hall
Speaker: David Connell, Esq., Legal Services Counsel for NH Local Government Center
Materials:
The Planning Board Decision Making Process (David Connell, pdf, 3.92 MB)

Shoreland Protection Workshop
Date: 2/28/08
Venue: NRPC office
Speakers: Arlene Allen, NH Dept. of Environmental Services & Minda Shaheen, NRPC
Materials:
The Comprehensive Shoreland Protection Act: Legislation & Rules Pending (Arlene Allen, pdf, 8.72MB)

Shoreland Protection Model Ordinance presentation (Minda Henderson, pdf, 605KB)
Shoreland Protection: the importance of riparian buffers; (NH DES, NH Association of Regional Planning Commissions, NH OEP, NH Local Government Center, pdf, 397KB)
Model Ordinance Summary (pdf, 25.96KB)

NH Legal Update
Date:
11/5/07
Venue: Pelham Town Hall
Speaker: Ben Frost, Housing Awareness Coordinator for NH Housing Finance Authority
Presentations
:
A NH Planner's Review of Recent Legislation and Court Decisions (Ben Frost, pdf, 97 KB)

Habitat Protection Planning
Date:
9/27/07
Venue: Nashua Regional Planning Commission Office
Speakers: Emily Brunkhurst, NH Fish & Game; Carol Foss, NH Audubon Society
Presentations
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Using the NH Wildlife Action Plan & the Natural Services Network in Conservation Planning (NH Fish & Game, NH Audubon, pdf, 7417 KB)
A DVD of this training is available upon request. Please contact Jill Simonetti, 883-0366 x27 or jills@nashuarpc.org.

Stormwater Management Techniques
Date: 5/29/07
Venue: Pennichuck Square
Speaker: Eileen Pannetier of Comprehensive Environmental Inc. and Carolyn Russell of NH DES

Presentations:
Managing Stormwater: Guiding Development to Protect Water Quality (NH DES, pdf, 11551 KB)
LID Retrofits of Commercial Sites (CEI, pdf, 3311 KB)
Materials:
Low Impact Development Brochure (CEI, pdf, 1306 KB)
Additional Comprehensive Environmental Inc. publications & presentations

Case Law: what local boards need to know
Date: 5/22/07
Venue: Milford Town Hall
Speaker: William Drescher, Town Council to Milford

Materials:
Case List
(297 KB)
Legal Issues for Planning Boards
(6.27 MB)
Law of Variances for NH
(11,358 KB)

Energy Efficiency
Date: 2/28/07
Venue: Nashua High School North
Speaker: Stuart While, AIA of Banwell Achitects and Mark Chantal, HVAC Tradesman of the Nashua High North campus

Materials:
Nashua School District Energy Efficiency Innitiatives
Nashua School District Energy Reduction Chart

Traffic Calming
Date: 1/31/07
Venue: NRPC
Speaker: Gene McCarthy of McFarland Johnson and Bill Oldenburg of NH DOT

Presentations: (Note: this file has been divided into 2 sections because of its size. Downloading times may still be slow.)
Oldenburg/McCarthy Presentation~Part 1

Oldenburg/McCarthy Presentation~Part 2

Form Based Codes
Date: 11/2/06
Venue: NRPC
Speaker: Alan Manoian
Materials: no public materials are available


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