James H. Maxfield

This Land Use Chapter of the Master Plan provides a strategic roadmap for the City of Dover, guiding future growth while preserving resources and addressing urban development challenges. It focuses on balancing housing choice, economic opportunity, and environmental stewardship. Key priorities include fostering community engagement and urban vibrancy, strengthening the downtown and waterfront, ensuring affordable and diverse housing, expanding economic development and employment, establishing a robust multimodal transportation system, and implementing resilient, environmentally focused infrastructure to enhance the quality of life.

This Master Plan provides a pathway for the future, outlining a strategy and roadmap for guiding future growth, land use, and development for the City of Dover through 2035. It aims to balance housing choice, economic opportunity, and environmental stewardship, ensuring growth reflects community values and enhances the quality of life. Key areas of focus include downtown revitalization, integrated development areas, and thoughtful management of residential areas, all while preserving the city's valued resources, fostering community resilience, and promoting multimodal transportation.

This strategic plan for the Office of Information Technology of the City of Dover, New Hampshire, outlines its vision, mission, core values, and five key goals for 2022-2027. The plan aims to ensure responsive municipal service delivery, uphold high industry standards for services, effectively communicate with the community, maintain financial stability, and support workforce development. It seeks to position IT as a trusted partner that provides accessible technology, accurate data for decision-making, and secure, reliable information technology systems and services for both municipal staff and the community.

This Master Plan chapter for the City of Dover outlines a comprehensive land use strategy to guide future growth and development while preserving natural resources and community character. It is built upon eight vision pillars focused on fostering an engaged community, urban vibrancy with connected neighborhoods and open spaces, a thriving downtown, affordable housing, expanded economic opportunities, a robust multimodal transportation system, high-quality schools and cultural activities, and resilient, environmentally focused infrastructure. The plan details strategies for the Downtown, Integrated Development Areas, and various residential zones, aiming to balance growth with preservation, support affordability, and enhance the quality of life for all residents.

This document is the City of Dover's 2026 Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan Update, aiming to reduce long-term risks to human life and property from identified hazards. The plan focuses on minimizing loss and disruption due to natural, technological, and human-caused events, enhancing public protection through education, and promoting continuous mitigation planning. It also addresses the challenges of climate change as they pertain to increasing hazard risks and seeks to strengthen continuity of essential services. The plan identifies 23 specific hazards across these categories.