TOWN PLANNING BOARD PLANNING STUDIES AND PROGRAMS, 1931 - 1975

Comprises topical files containing notes, reports, memoranda and correspondence, maps, and plans. The files were maintained by the board and its consultants, Adams, Howard & Greeley, as they prepared the comprehensive plan, and includes materials concerning Hanover schools, traffic and parking, population, subdivision regulation and zoning, and building activity during the 1950s. Significant is the 1974 planning program whose records includes... reports, correspondence, maps, and other documents related to this short-term planning program that focused on town growth and development. The records contain reports written by groups of residents. The reports relate to institutional and commercial development, recreation, environmental protection, and residential development among other topics. Records include scattered letters reflecting residents' attitudes towards town growth and development.