Success Story: A Small Town Uses Technology in Big Ways
More than a decade later, Fash manages the department for which he was once an intern. Almost all the town’s departments, including Public Works, Community Development, Assessing, and Police and Fire, rely on the system to better serve residents.
The GIS database includes points and layers for all town infrastructure, tax maps for all properties, fl... See more
The GIS database includes points and layers for all town infrastructure, tax maps for all properties, fl... See more
Success Story: A Small Town Uses Technology in Big Ways
In 1997, Peterborough, NH (pop. 6,284), received a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Project Impact Grant for hazard mitigation.
The town used some of the funding to begin building a GIS—documenting past hazards; assessing current hazards, such as potential flood areas; and inventorying critical assets, such as its water and sewer systems.
The town used some of the funding to begin building a GIS—documenting past hazards; assessing current hazards, such as potential flood areas; and inventorying critical assets, such as its water and sewer systems.
Success Story: A Small Town Uses Technology in Big Ways
One small New Hampshire town built a state-of-the-art geographic information system (GIS) and an IT department that would be the envy of any big city.