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Planning board reviews design for Concord's new police headquarters; no binding approvals

Concord Planning Board · December 18, 2025
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Summary

City project manager Beth Fenstermacher presented the adaptive reuse of the Concord Group building and an 18,000 sq ft addition for a consolidated police headquarters at 4 Bouton Street; the planning board provided nonbinding design feedback and recorded public concerns about traffic, fencing, stormwater and a communications tower.

Beth Fenstermacher, director of special projects for the city of Concord, presented the design and site plan for a new police headquarters at 4 Bouton Street, explaining the project will adaptively reuse the existing Concord Group building and add approximately 18,000 square feet to create a facility roughly 57,000 square feet in size. Fenstermacher told the board that City Council has appropriated the funding for the project (CIP 643) and that the hearing focused on design issues under RSA 74:54, which allows nonbinding planning board review of…

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