The PVA will hold its Annual Meeting on Monday, December 1, 2025, at 6:30 pm at the Penacook Elementary School Library, 60 Village St. Please come provide your input on Penacook, its businesses, and what direction we should take to make Penacook the community you'd like to see in the future.
Our guest speaker to lead this discussion is John Christ, the UNH Extension's Community and Economic Development Field Specialist in Merrimack County. The PVA has begun work with UNH Extension and their Community Business Engagement Program.
The Program is designed to help understand needs, challenges, and opportunities for local businesses, identify key insights, strengthen business community connections and communication, and implement actionable strategies to strengthen the local economy. The end product will be a UNH-created project report with actionable items identifying business opportunities and obstacles; UNH will also be providing assistance carrying out future actions.
This effort should provide valuable information during the creation of Concord's new City Master Plan, which will start sometime next year. The Master Plan sets overall and specific goals for the decades to come.