Public Forum Set on Draft of UNH Campus Master Plan

Contact: Lori Gula
603-862-0574
UNH Media Relations

October 10, 2003



DURHAM, N.H. - The University of New Hampshire will hold a public forum Thursday, Oct. 16, from 12:30 to 2 p.m., in the Memorial Union Building Theatre II, to discuss with the university and Durham communities the progress of updating the Campus Master Plan.

Consultants Ayers/Saint/Gross and campus planning staff will present the draft Campus Master Plan. Members of the UNH and Durham communities are encouraged to attend.

The current Campus Master Plan was approved by the USNH Board of Trustees in spring 1994. The updated plan is intended to reflect the recent adoption of the new Academic Plan and the growth of the university over the past decade.

It will provide the university with a blueprint for growth over the next 20 years, and set a comprehensive development strategy that will establish goals and objectives, and incorporate specific building space needs, transportation improvements, land use requirements and a landscape master plan. The effort will look not only at the core campus, but outlying university properties in Durham, Lee and Madbury.

The update process has had extensive public participation and constituent input, and is expected to be completed this winter. The final plan must be approved by the USNH Board of Trustees. For more information on the UNH Campus Master Plan, visit www.unh.edu/cmp.