Innovation In Experience How visitors experience the City shapes their impressions of the place. How residents experience the City determines their perceptions of their overall wellbeing. Collectively, the quality of the environment, range of cultural and recreational activities available, and the opportunities for educational, economic, and social growth contribute to the quality of life the community has to offer.
PROTECT MANCHESTER’S AUTHENTICITY.
INCREASE HISTORIC PRESERVATION EFFORTS.
Creating a sense of place depends largely on preserving or integrating unique features into the future development pattern.
Historic preservation is essential to protecting Manchester’s unique architecture, sights, and the “feel” of the City, even as it works to improve in the future.
• Build on the inventory and promote the City’s assets, which include, but are not limited to, the historic sites, museums, and natural areas, such as Cedar Swamp Preserve. The City can raise awareness through programs, events, wayfinding signage, and public art to bring such assets into the spotlight. By highlighting what is special about the place, the City can help citizens develop a stronger community appreciation. In addition, the City can expand the ways it leverages its assets to attract more visitors and to bring the community together.
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• City-wide Demolition Review – The Heritage Commission (HCOMM), using the Heritage Commission Regulations for Historic District Building Permit Applications, is authorized to review and issue Certificates of Approval or Notices of Disapproval for building permit applications within the two districts: Amoskeag Corporation Housing District or the Amoskeag Millyard Historic District Overlays. Building permit applications may be for the construction, alteration, or removal of structures in the districts. To
