Posted by Joanna on Jul 19th, 2009
Bensen Bubble
rs are sprinkled all about downtown Portland. Young, old and even dogs use them to quench their thirst. Water flows freely from 6 am to 11 pm daily all year round. The Bull Run watershed has been the city’s water source since 1895. Almost 53% of the watershed is classified as ‘old growth’ and has never been logged. Rain, not snowmelt, provides 90-95% of the water in the watershed, averaging 130 inches a year. It’s 1 of only 2 untreated metropolitan water supplies in the country. The water tastes great!
Posted by Joanna on May 10th, 2009
Transportation Vision for My City
By Frank Gould
There is a fair city named Lebanon
whose by-ways have long known congestion
let’s make positive change
across the whole range
from bike-ped to car to ten ton. Continue Reading »
Posted by Joanna on May 6th, 2009
Every Tuesday evening from 6:30 to 8:30 pm Lebanon High School becomes a hub of planning activity. Ten committees have been meeting for the past 5 weeks to discuss their respective master plan chapters. Committees have been given the task of reviewing the vision for their chapter and making sure it reflects public forum and survey results. One non-resident may serve on each committee. I’m representing Dartmouth on transportation committee. It’s fascinating….
Posted by Joanna on May 5th, 2009
Carolyn Radish of ORW and Lucy Gibson of Smart Mobility presented the draft bus stop study to the Hanover Selectboard and Planning Board at their respective meetings this week. It was very well received by both boards. There seemed to be real enthusiasm to move on to implementation. Continue Reading »
Posted by Joanna on Apr 30th, 2009
Last night I stumbled upon the Hartland Garden website. In my eyes this really celebrates the Upper Valley. It’s particularly great that the town of Hartland has supported the effort and the group has received grants to help them get started. Of course, I may be influenced by the Hanover Reservoir Road Gardens as we gear up for our “green up” efforts on Saturday. I think we’ll be seeing more requests for this kind of community endeavor…so what are Upper Valley towns doing with their prime agricultural lands?
