The following information was copied from the New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority website. The notice of the Public Hearing refers to the one that happened last week but there is a link included that you may find interesting to read. (Not exactly a good “beach read” but interesting nonetheless.) It also provides a link where you can respond to what you have read. Note the deadline for response is July 24th.
Additionally, I contacted Julian Morgan and learned that the minutes from the meeting are to be posted early this week. I will keep checking in and will post as soon as I can. With all the information, pro and con, regarding the Abenaki Springs I project, it is important to have as much factual information as we can get. – Lil
“LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Public Hearing
A public hearing will be held at 7:00 P.M. on July 13, 2015 at the Walpole Town Hall, 34 Elm Street, Walpole, New Hampshire, 03608, with respect to proposed financing by the New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority. New Hampshire Housing plans to use Affordable Housing Funds in accordance with NH RSA 204-C:57, for the construction of 21 units of rental housing. Abenaki Springs is to be located at 504 Main Street, Route 12, Walpole, NH. The anticipated owner of the project is Abenaki Springs I Limited Partnership.
For more information contact:
Julian Morgan, Program Manager Multi-Family Business Development
New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority
Bedford, NH 03110
603-472-8623
*NEW!* Click here to see the Market Study. This document is protected by copyright law against unauthorized reproduction and distribution. Public comments may be submitted to multifaminfo@nhhfa.org. Comments will be accepted until 4:30 p.m. on Friday, July 24.”
The Walpolean 
This is a perfect example of “bait and switch” by Jack Franks and this project should be stopped.
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Thank you so much, Lil, for getting the word out on this important matter! I urge people to read the market survey; paying special attention to where the residents of this low-income (NOT workforce!) housing project will be coming from (hint: it’s not Walpole.) Keep in mind as well, what the chairman of the Planning Board said at the Public Hearing held 7.13.15. If you weren’t there, he himself admitted that when this project was initially approved, there was no mention at all of low-income housing. They were hoodwinked, we as Walpoleans were hoodwinked and now the State has been hoodwinked. PLEASE let the state know that this is NOT what the town signed on for on the NHHFA website by this Friday’s deadline! We as a town should have our concerns addressed by the state, and by the Planning Board again before ground is broken.
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It doesn’t make sense that NHHFA would support this project which is not needed by the community and undercuts similar projects in the area which already have difficulty filling their apartments. This project seems to meet only the owner/builder’s needs from the largess of the taxpayer.
cc: to NHHFA
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