Each week, City Manager Tom Aspell dunks his entire head in a bucket of plaster so he can make a mask of his own face. He gets lost in thought trying to decide if the dress is gold and white or black and blue, though, and by the time he tries to remove his head, the plaster has hardened, forcing him to wear the bucket as a hat. When his staff smashes the plaster to free him, the tiny pieces spell out a city memo!
Find a leak and win stuff
Or don’t find one and win
Concord General Services is celebrating EPA WaterSense’s “Fix a Leak Week” by holding a Royal Leak Detection, Aspell writes. Unearth the leak within the Royal family through shrewd detective work and win stuff!
Wait, that’s not what it really is. Concord residents and merchants can enter to win a new WaterSense labeled toilet by sharing a picture with Concord General Services of their leak detection efforts (reading their water meter, conducting a food coloring test, or fixture tightening/replacing). Photos can be shared to Concord General Services’ Facebook or Twitter (#IFixLeaks) pages, sent via email, or delivered or mailed to their office at 311 N. State St. (c/o “Royal Leak Detection.”) Even those who don’t find a leak will be entered for a chance to win. Although not having to fix a leak is kind of a victory in itself. Entries must be received by March 20. One winner will be selected to receive a WaterSense labeled toilet that uses approximately 5 gallons less water per flush than a typical, older toilet.
In plain sight
Read this long thing
Check out the newly completed Penacook Vision Plan (at concordnh.gov/DocumentCenter/View/4991), Aspell writes. In the fall of 2013, the city of Concord received a Community Planning Grant from the New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority to create a vision plan for the center of Penacook Village. Numerous eye charts were involved. The city welcomes the public’s input on the plan. Please send comments via email to penacookvisionplan@concordnh.gov.
The plan will be presented to the Planning Board at its March 18 meeting, and it is anticipated that any zoning recommendations stemming from the plan will make their way to City Council in late spring/early summer.
