Trefethen was named Laconia planning director last month. “The demographics that are in the 2007 master plan are primarily from the 2000 Census,” he said. “The master plan drives economic activity because there is a workforce you need to have,” Trefethen. By the same token, if it's zoned commercial, depending on what you want to do, you can put some residential there. That works well from a community standpoint, gaining commercial but also gaining residents.”He also said the Planning Department, can, through increased flexibility, find ways to foster development by fine-tuning some regulations.

Source: Daily Sun February 23, 2017 06:22 UTC