The Plan NH Fall Conference
Plan NH will host our Fall Conference on Wednesday, September 17, 2025 at The Hotel Concord inConcord, NH. Every year, our conference brings together planners, architects, engineers, and others fromrelated fields who are passionate about the future of New Hampshire.
Join us to explore evolving trends in deconstruction techniques, building materials reuse and recycling, and energy efficiency, management, and alternative energies.
Learn how planners, architects, engineers, and other professionals can employ these techniques and trends to create high-performing, sustainable spaces in NH and beyond.
From innovative case studies to practical tools, you’ll gain the insights and connections you need to create places that are functional, efficient, AND environmentally friendly and built for the future.
$60/member
$85/non-members
$45/municipal staff & students
Interested in Plan NH membership? Click here for levels and benefits.
Breakfast is included with registration. 3.5 APA CM credits available; CEUs pending approval with AIA.
If your firm is interested in helping to plan or sponsor this year’s Plan NH Fall Conference, call our office at 603-482-2462 or email us at sponsor@plannh.org.
AGENDA
8:45AM – Welcome Remarks
- Amanda Savage | Co-President, Plan NH Board of Directors; Business Development Manager, North Branch Construction
- Anna Wells | Program Coordinator, Plan NH
9:00AM – Keynote Presentation
- Nancy E. Smith | CEO of GrowSmart Maine, a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting sustainable growth and prosperity in Maine by promoting policies and projects that protect natural resources while revitalizing communities and strengthening the economy.
- Emma Sabella | Senior Waste Reduction Consultant, Center for EcoTechnology
- Joe Knapik | Technical Director, RPF Environmental
- Matt O’Keefe | Energy Efficiency Coordinator, Unitil & NH Saves
- David Webb | Commercial Sales Lead, ReVision Energy
Join us!
Every fall Plan NH hosts a conference focused on pertinent issues impacting a field of community development. Our speakers are leaders from across New Hampshire and the New England region, typically representing the architecture, engineering, construction, development, and municipal sectors.
Sept 17, 2025
Hotel Concord, Concord, NH
Additional event details and speaker lineup coming soon.
Registration includes breakfast.
Thank you to our 2025 Fall Conference Sponsors
If you’re interested in sponsoring in this year’s Plan NH Annual Fall Conference, call our office at 603-482-7526 or email us.
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Check Out the 2024 Fall Conference Resources
On Tuesday, September 17, 2024, Plan NH hosted our fall conference, Art Attack! Arts, Culture, and the Built Environment, at The Hotel Concord in Concord, NH.
The program focused on how planners, architects, and others are using arts and culture to create more meaningful, vibrant, and sustainable places in New Hampshire and beyond. From preservation to adaptive reuse to restoration… from makerspaces to contemporary art galleries to performance space… our speakers explored how arts, culture, and the built environment come together every day to enhance the vibrancy of our communities. Dr. Annis Sengupta of the Metropolitan Area Planning Council and the Arts & Culture Division of the American Planning Association was our keynote speakers and we had a wonderful lineup of additional speakers who presented throughout the morning.
View the conference agenda here.
Presentation Slides:
- Culture Shift: Why Making Space for Arts and Culture Builds Healthy, Prosperous Places – by Dr. Annis Sengupta – view slides
- The Creative Economy in New Hampshire – by Adele Sicilia – view slides
- Framing the Historical Context – by Nadine Miller – view slides
- Makers Mill Case Study – by Josh Arnold and Steve Hoffman – view slides
- 3S Artspace Case Study – by Beth Falconer, Brandon Holben, and Elisa Winter Holben – view slides
- The Colonial Theatre Case Study – by Justin Slattery and Jared Guilmett – view slides
Additional resources for information and inspiration:
- Arts & Economic Prosperity 6 (AEP6)
- AEP6 Summary for Sullivan County, NH
- Bridges to Possibilities: Arts and the Built Environment
- Transformative Development Initiative Graphic
- CDFA Tax Credit Program for Business Donors
- LCHIP Program (New Hampshire Land and Community Heritage Investment Program)
- Moose Plate Program to Support the Division of Historical Resources Grant Program
Speakers included:
Josh Arnold – Makers Mill
Beth Falconer – 3S Artspace
Jared Guilmett – Misiaszek Turpin Architects
Steve Hoffman – Simons Architects
Brandon Holben – Winter Holben Architecture + Design
Nadine Miller – New Hampshire Division of Historical Resources
Annis Sengupta – Metropolitan Area Planning Council
Adele Sicilia – New Hampshire State Council on the Arts
Justin Slattery, Belknap Economic Development Council
Elisa Winter Holben – Winter Holben Architecture + Design
