Deadline Extended! Hayden and Quinlan Awards Nominations Are Still Being Accepted!

2020-06-01

The Rockingham Planning Commission is extending the deadline for nominations for the James Hayden Award and Daniel Quinlan Award. Due to the current challenges we are facing during the health crisis, we recognize that it may have been difficult to coordinate and develop submissions for the awards. In addition, we have decided to push back the awards ceremony to Fall 2020 in the hopes that we could have an in person gathering to present the awards. Therefore, the nominations will NOW be accepted through Saturday June 20, 2020.

Descriptions of these awards are provided below. If you know an individual or organization that has made a valuable contribution to the region in the spirit of these awards, please let us know.

James Hayden Award

The James Hayden Award was established in remembrance of Jim Hayden, RPC Commissioner from Newfields and longtime District Conservationist for the Soil Conservation Service (now Natural Resources Conservation Service) for Rockingham County for many years. Jim retired from the SCS in the mid 1980s and became RPC Commissioner in 1988. He was instrumental in the development of the County Soil Survey and in efforts to protect the natural resource base of the County and region in the face of extensive development. He contributed to the creation of many of the essential tools that most towns still use today in planning, including wetlands, shoreline and aquifer protection overlay zoning and also promoted the use of soil and resource mapping in community and site planning. Accordingly, the Hayden Award is intended to recognize those in the region who have made significant contributions to their communities or the greater region in natural resource conservation and planning.

Daniel Quinlan Award

The Daniel Quinlan Award was established in memory of Dan Quinlan, long serving RPC Commissioners and twice RPC Chairman from Windham. Dan was exemplary over many years in service both to his Town (as library Trustee, Planning Board member and other roles) and to the regional community as RPC Commissioner and Master Plan Committee, Regional Impacts Committee and Chair for two terms. He worked to ensure the best for the Commission, but also to ensure that the Commission did its best to serve his community and region. His skill was to bring people together to solve problems. The Quinlan Award is given in recognition of those in the region who made significant contributions to sound community and regional planning and have fostered intermunicipal cooperation and collaboration in the region.

Hayden and Quinlan Nomination Form