MEREDITH — The town was named a Housing Champion at the selectboard meeting on Monday, celebrating the community's work through land use boards to make it more appealing for development.

“Meredith took the step to become a Housing Champion, and what that meant was to look at your zoning and see that it welcomes housing,” said Housing Champion Program Manager Lee Ann Moynihan. “So that you change ordinances to allow housing to come to the community, both market rate housing, as well as affordable housing.”

According to Moynihan, 18 communities qualified in the first round of applications, followed by a second round of 10 communities, which included Meredith.

“You are really in a small pool, but we are really proud that we have over 10% of communities in the State of New Hampshire that ar

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