The Laconia Daily Sun reports that planners are happy about plans for new, affordable apartments downtown. This is only the beginning of the push for ‘compact housing’.

“LACONIA — The Planning Board last night unanimously approved the proposal by the Laconia Area Community Land Trust to construct a three-story, affordable housing apartment building on the lot tucked between lower Union Avenue and the Winnipesaukee River last occupied by the F.W.Webb Company, a wholesale plumbing and heating firm.”

“The building will house 12 one-bedroom units, each 675-square-feet and 20 two-bedroom units of 864-square-feet.”