Does Bedford NH, a rural town, really need or want bike paths? Same goes for ‘overlay zoning’ to create mixed use neighborhoods, as well as ‘workforce housing’. What workforce are we serving? (section 8?)<\/p>\n
And the grants for all these projects seem to come from the NH Housing Finance Authority but where do THEY get the money? We suspect it’s HUD.<\/p>\n
From the article:<\/p>\n
Bedford adopts master plan for bicycle-pedestrian paths<\/strong> “The town was awarded a $30,000 Community Planning Grant from the New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority<\/strong> to complete the Pedestrian and Bicycle Connectivity Master Plan, which follows through on several recommendations of the 2010 Master Plan.<\/p>\n At the hearing, the consultants<\/strong>, planner Jeff Taylor, landscape architect Karen Fitzgerald, and planner Grace Wu of the Resource Systems Group, outlined the project results and recommendations for zoning changes<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n Perhaps now we have the reason why the Town Council wants to remove your right to vote on zoning!<\/p>\n Read More…<\/a><\/p>\n More info about zoning changes: Bedford Zoning Articles for March 11, 2014<\/a><\/p>\n Bedford Master Plan<\/a>
\nBy SUSAN CLARK
\nUnion Leader Correspondent
\nFebruary 14. 2014<\/em> <\/p>\n
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\nBedford’s Latest Planning Minutes<\/a><\/p>\n