The Neary (NHERI) Building Committee on Jan. 6 laid out a public outreach plan that includes recorded project briefings, targeted office hours and multiple distribution channels ahead of the next cost estimate release in mid‑February.

Committee members said they have recorded a baseline presentation (a narrated primer) to help people quickly get up to speed, and plan to produce additional recorded segments focused on “hot‑button” topics such as project finances and site issues. The baseline recording will be distributed through the district’s ParentSquare, the town’s Facebook page and the project blog, and committee members said they will ask the town webmaster to post it on the town website.

The committee scheduled initial office hours for Friday at 9 a.m. in the public safety building training room and recommended keeping each session small (no more than two committee members present when possible) to allow more conversational engagement. Members discussed offering sessions at different times — mornings timed with school drop‑off at Finn and other schools, evenings for working parents, and some weekend sessions — and suggested using established events (school open houses, parent‑teacher conference nights, Trotter/Algonquin activities, and weekend gym traffic) to set up information tables.

The committee and staff also reported outreach targeted to specific constituencies: a recorded Zoom session for kindergarten families logged about 26 participants, and a senior‑focused outreach effort is underway. Committee members encouraged the use of ParentSquare, the town scrolling front‑page banner, the project blog and physical postings at places such as the senior center to reach different audiences.

What’s next: The committee will publish the office‑hours schedule and promote the sessions through ParentSquare, Facebook, the town site and project communications. The committee recommended starting at a cadence of roughly every other week during the four months before town meeting and to coordinate sessions with community events and school nights to maximize attendance.