Last week, City Manager Tom Aspell began work on his screenplay entitled City Memo: The Life and Times of Concord’s City Manager. But soon, he realized it was nothing more than a bunch of notes about what’s currently going on in the city. So instead of actually turning it into a movie, Aspell put it in city memo form for all to enjoy.
A smooth surface
Loudon Road paving
Continental Paving will be installing permanent pavement on the side streets, sidewalks and driveway trenches associated with the 2013 Loudon Road Water Main Replacement Project Aspell writes. Who knew we had been driving on temporary pavement all this time? Is that safe?
They will begin at Jiffy Lube, on the south side of Loudon Road, and move east. The 500 foot work area will move east along the corridor as work progresses. Traffic will be limited to one lane through the work zone. Permanent trench patches on sidewalks and side streets will be completed in about three weeks.
Call the mayor
Audi gets a quick fix
The Public Properties Division of the General Services Department made an emergency repair to the ceiling at the City Auditorium this week. A section of deteriorated plaster was replaced after delaminating from the ceiling, Aspell writes. The NFL has subsequently launched an investigation to see if the Patriots had anything to do with the delaminating.
City staff cleaned and repainted the area impacted by the repair. This repair was conducted over 40 feet above the stage. To minimize the disruption at the Auditorium, the repair was closely coordinated with a local contracted scaffold company and the Parks and Recreation Department.
The “Audi” hosts over 100 events each season that are attended by over 75,000 people. It has been the home to Concord’s community-based arts and entertainment since 1904.
Dollar bills ya’ll
Day care receives grant
On Thursday, the NH Community Development Finance Authority awarded a $200,000 Community Development Block Grant to Merrimack Valley Day Care for renovations to their facility located at 19 N. Fruit St. This facility serves 67 children, of which 80 percent are low income, Aspell writes. Don’t you think day care children are a little too young to be working for low income? They have their whole lives to be underpaid.
The grant is being matched with up to a $200,000 loan from the city’s Revolving Loan Fund. The child-care center is currently fundraising in order to reduce the amount of loan funds needed.
