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Planning board report flags New Hampshire Electric Cooperative's possible office move and local economic concerns
Summary
The planning-board update included a site-plan revision for New Hampshire Electric Cooperative (NHEC) and raised concerns that NHEC might relocate office jobs off Tenney Mountain Highway to Fairgrounds Road, which could reduce local daytime commerce; board asked economic development committee to engage.
At the Select Board meeting, the planning-board representative summarized continued site-plan review on a mixed-use application for Yatton Road and a revision submitted by New Hampshire Electric Cooperative (NHEC). A proposed covered storage rack for NHEC's Tenney Mountain Highway facility was approved, and the cooperative is reportedly considering developing its Fairgrounds Road parcel for offices that could house operations currently in Plymouth.
Speaker 3 urged the economic development committee to explore outreach to NHEC, noting potential local impacts: "I think it would be a big loss to our, our local economic community if the even if the office jobs were to leave the area." The board discussed encouraging NHEC to remain in town; members noted NHEC supports several hundred employees in the area during the workday and that losing offices could hurt downtown businesses.
Board members asked staff and the economic development committee to make contact with NHEC leadership and consider strategies to retain local office functions.
