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Laconia City Council workshop frames priorities: homelessness, housing and economic growth

Laconia City Council · March 19, 2026
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Summary

At a recorded council workshop, members identified homelessness, affordable housing, downtown revitalization, workforce training and infrastructure as budget priorities and asked staff to deliver a final priorities document by the first April meeting.

The Laconia City Council met in a recorded workshop to set high-level priorities ahead of the upcoming budget cycle, identifying homelessness, affordable housing, downtown revitalization, workforce training and infrastructure as focal areas for the coming year. The mayor led off the discussion by naming homelessness as a headline topic and urging the council to balance enforcement with longer-term solutions.

“The homelessness situation…we gotta find ways to keep them out of our downtown and the areas, more importantly, keep them…

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