Each week, City Manager Tom Aspell rakes the leaves speckled throughout his yard into a huge pile, climbs to the top of a stately maple, and swan-pes down into the leaves below. After lying on his back and making leaf angels for a while, he gets up, brushes off and writes us up a city memo. This week was no exception.
Thinking Caps
Plan Market Days
Main Street Concord Inc. will hold a community forum on Sept. 20 at 7 p.m., at Red River Theatres, to hear how the public envisions Downtown Market Days going forward, Aspell writes.
All are invited to attend and share their experiences, thoughts and ideas.
Please RSVP via email to info@mainstreetconcord.com or by phone at 226-2150.
Written comments may be sent to kmurdoch@mainstreet concord.com or MSCI, 15 Pleasant St., Suite 14, Concord, N.H., 03301.
Reading is fundamental
And Concord does it
Concord Reads is a community-wide reading program presented by the Concord Public Library and the Concord Public Library Foundation, with the help of many community partners, Aspell writes. This is the 10th year of Concord Reads programming. This year's book is Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference by Warren St. John.
This week the library will hold two book discussions, both facilitated by Suzanne Brown, Professor of English at Dartmouth College. These programs, sponsored by the Concord Public Library Foundation and the New Hampshire Humanities Council, will be held in the library auditorium Sept. 15 at 7 p.m. and Sept. 18 at 2 p.m.
give a hoot
Watch the movie
The library auditorium will show an after-school movie, “Hoot,” Sept. 13 at 3:30 p.m.
Based on the popular children's book by Carl Hiassen, this story follows three kids in Florida who are fighting to protect the home of a group of endangered burrow owls from a real estate developer.
For more information about any of these programs, call 225-8670 or visit concordpubliclibrary.net and click on CPL News. All programs are free and open to the public.
strength in numbers
Job seekers unite
The city's Human Resources Department participated in the 2011 New Hampshire Job Fair at the Grappone Center on Sept. 8, Aspell writes. More than 1,000 job seekers attended. Staff of the Human Resources Department distributed brochures explaining where to find job openings on the city website, provided instructions on how to apply for a city job online and provided a brief summary of the city employee benefits package to interested job-seekers.
paving the way
For improvements
Despite the recent inclement weather, the contractor perseveres with the excavation of the road box in North State Street, Aspell writes. The rain has hampered efforts slightly, but they still intend to fine grade the recently placed crushed gravel and base pave this week. This work will occur on North State Street, from Dolan Street to the city's combined operations maintenance facility, just north of the state prison. Major traffic disruptions should be expected this week and the city encourages commuters to seek an alternate route whenever possible. Due to the volatility of the weather, the paving schedule will be announced via the on-site message boards. At this time, the work is expected to take place either Wednesday or Thursday.
That's all for Tom this week, but be sure to check the Insider next week for more of his managerial antics.
