MASTER PLAN
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Claremont Master Plan
The function of the Master Plan Advisory Committee is to create a Master Plan for the City of Claremont to be presented and adopted by the Planning Board.
Over the past several years Claremont has experienced a wave of downtown mill redevelopment activity for both residential and business use. Recognizing that the city’s 1991 Master Plan was outdated and that the recent redevelopment activity would spur additional growth, the city embarked on a process to update the Master Plan in early 2007 with assistance from Appledore Engineering and the Upper Valley Lake Sunapee Regional Planning Commission. The first installment of the plan includes the Vision Chapter and Land Use Chapter. To encourage strong public participation, the city also established a Master Plan Advisory Committee which sponsored two public visioning forums in March and June. The city also engaged the UNH Cooperative Extension Service to assist with the two forums as well as a community survey which helped to shape these two chapters.
The MPAC sponsored a 3rd Community Visioning session on October 4th to review the draft Land Use Chapter, which includes background studies, current trends, planning issues, recommendations regarding future land use, the application of smart growth principles, possible changes to the City’s zoning ordinance and action steps. Among several action steps, the Plan calls for an expansion of the buisness retail district, consolidation of six zoning districts in the downtown into a mixed use district and creation of a rural recreational area in the City’s northeast quadrant. The public provided many valuable comments and observations at the three planning forum. At the October 4th meeting, Jack Mettee, AICP with Appledore noted: “ I’ve worked with many master plan advisory commitees around the state and I must say, your city has many opportunities and is well poised for for positive growth.”
| Master Plan Updates | Transportation Chapter Final Draft | |
| Land Use Chapter Final Draft | ||
| Any responses or comments are welcome and should be emailed to Kelly LeBlanc at Kleblanc@claremontnh.com |
Copies are available at the Planning & Development Department
14 North Street, the Visitors Center
For information about the process taken to get to the Final Land Use Chapter click here Master Plan Power Point
For more information contact Office of Planning and Devopment
at 542-7008.
Master Plan Advisory Committee Members |
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Alan Croteau, Apt 9/06 Housing Chapter |
Richard Wahrlich, Apt 9/06 Historic Resources Chapter |
John DeTore, Apt 9/06 Economic Development Chapter |
William Regan, Apt 9/08 Housing Chapter |
Scott Pope, Apt 9/06 Housing Chapter |
Jacqueline Guillette, Apt 9/06 Housing Chapter |
Bernard Folta, Apt 10/06 |
Stephen Wood, Apt 9/06 |
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City Staff |
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Nancy Merrill, Director of Planning & Development |
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Michael McCrory, Interim City Planner |
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Bruce Temple, Director of Public Works |
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Jacqueline Guillette, Apt 9/06 |
Alan Croteau, Apt 9/06 |
Joseph Gorman, Apt 9/08 | John DeTore, Apt 9/06 | ||
Jack O'Sullivan, Apt 9/08 |
William Regan, Apt 9/08 |
Robert Porter, Apt 9/08 | Jennifer Brockett, Apt 9/08 | ||
Scott Pope, Apt 9/06 |
Paul Knapp, Apt, 9/08 | ||||
Transportation Chapter Members |
Historic Resources & Community Design Chapter Members |
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Alan, Grigsby, Apt 9/08 Planning Board Chairperson |
Dennis Osgood, Apt 9/08 | David Messier, Apt 9/08 | |||
| Steven Picano, Apt 9/08 | Lisa Paquette, Apt 9/08 | Richard Wahrlich, Apt 9/06 | Colin Sanborn, Apt 9/08 | ||
| Thomas Ford, Apt 12/08 | Paul Knapp, Apt 9/08 | ||||
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