NHARPC CORNER: What Is Planning and Why Do We Plan?
What is Planning?
It may surprise you to know that land use planning topics can come up in the dentist chair, when talking with a neighbor, reading the paper, or in whispers by your hairdresser. How is that true? Simple, people talk about change, growth, and preservation of the land, water, and even air. Whether it is a new brewery coming to town, a small subdivision down the street, or when a building had been vacant – now a new furniture repair and antique store is moving in: people talk about land use changes all the time.
[Flooding on New Castle Causeway NH 1B, Courtesy the RPC, ©Jim Cerny]