Keene, NH – Antioch New England Institute (ANEI) - the consulting and community outreach department of Antioch University New England - has accepted a project with the New Hampshire Department of Transportation (NH DOT). ANEI will provide strategic planning assistance for the NH DOT's upcoming, 5-year, $3.5 million Community Technical Assistance Program (CTAP). CTAP will provide land-use planning support and technical assistance for the 26 towns and cities affected by the anticipated widening of interstate highway I-93.ANEI's goal is to increase awareness of land-use planning in the 26 towns; create and distribute publications that explain growth management issues; convene large planning sessions between local communities, state agencies and nonprofit organizations; and draft a five-year work plan for the region. ANEI is a subcontractor to Clough Harbor & Associates on the project.
The CTAP program is unique in that the NH DOT will not determine the specific types of assistance communities can receive. Rather through CTAP, the NH DOT hopes to engage local governments, local nonprofits and state government agencies in both planning the technical assistance that is needed and in providing this assistance over a five-year period. Specifically, this means that communities in the 26 towns affected have an important role in determining what type or form (within broad guidelines) of assistance they receive. Towns will also have a unique opportunity to work together with neighboring communities to plan for shared, long-term needs.
For more information contact ANEI Project Director, James Gruber at (603) 283-2120.