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Planning board closes public hearing for Mark Stebbins Community Center; many letters of support, staff to draft recommendations
Summary
The Manchester Planning & Zoning Board closed the public hearing on PDSP 2024-004 for the proposed Mark Stebbins Community Center at 315 Kimball Street, a two-story, multi-tenant facility that would house Amiskeg Health, the Boys & Girls Club and a food pantry.
The Manchester Planning & Zoning Board closed the public hearing on PDSP 2024-004 on Jan. 2 for a proposed two-story, roughly 20,000-square-foot Mark Stebbins Community Center at 315 Kimball Street. The project is proposed under a land lease with Manchester Housing and Redevelopment Authority and would house multiple nonprofit tenants, including Amiskeg Health and the Boys & Girls Club, plus a community food pantry and other services.
Project proponents said the center aims to serve west-side families with before- and after-school care, affordable health services, a grocery-style food pantry operated with New Hampshire Food Bank and community meeting space. Janine Toussaint, project facilitator, told the board the center will operate weekdays and sometimes evenings; the team expects to begin construction in spring 2025 and open in fall 2026.
Engineer David Jordan outlined site design: two full-access driveways (Kimball and Upland…
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