Senator Hassan Visits Carroll County and Manchester to Highlight Housing, Public Safety, Substance Abuse Prevention, and Black History

NEW HAMPSHIRE - U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan visited communities across New Hampshire last week to highlight efforts to expand senior housing, support first responders, prevent youth substance misuse, and celebrate the contributions of Black New Englanders.

On Thursday, Senator Hassan toured Tamworth Village Commons, a new senior housing community in Tamworth that will help older Granite Staters continue to live independently and also have access to caregiving services when needed. The new community consists of 12 accessible apartments, and residents have access to a care coordinator who can arrange transportation, housekeeping, and personal care services. This model helps bridge the gap between independent living and assisted living facilities.

Senator Hassan is working to lower housing costs, including by helping pass into law the bipartisan 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, which cuts red tape to make it easier to build new housing and bans large Wall Street investors from buying single-family homes.

READ MORE: Conway Daily Sun: Hassan tours Tamworth Village Commons

Also on Thursday, Senator Hassan toured the new Jackson Fire Station and met with local firefighters and emergency management officials. The new 10,000-square-foot facility, completed in June, replaces a fire station built in 1947 that the town of Jackson's volunteer fire department had long outgrown.

Senator Hassan tours the new Jackson Fire Station

On Friday, Senator Hassan spoke at the Raymond Coalition for Youth's 13th annual prevention summit in Manchester. The annual summit brought together health care providers, addiction and prevention professionals, law enforcement, and community members to learn about substance use prevention, particularly for youth.

"Every day, the Raymond Coalition brings Granite Staters together to support young people and prevent substance misuse. By emphasizing prevention, the Raymond Coalition helps address substance misuse before it even starts," said Senator Hassan. "Thanks in part to the work of many of the people in this room, New Hampshire has made real, steady progress combatting the fentanyl epidemic. The fight against addiction is still one of our state's greatest challenges, but we've begun to see some light at the end of this long, dark tunnel."

Senator Hassan has worked across the aisle to combat the opioid epidemic, including by helping reauthorize the bipartisan SUPPORT Act to strengthen addiction prevention, treatment, and recovery resources. She also recently introduced the bipartisan Addiction Grants Modernization Act to make it easier for organizations on the front lines of combating addiction to access federal funding.

On Saturday, Senator Hassan delivered remarks at the 20th Annual Black New England Conference in Manchester, hosted by the Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire.

"One must think very little of America to think that our great country can only handle an airbrushed version of our history," said Senator Hassan. "In short, at the heart of The Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire's mission, is an insistence that if we wish to tell the history of We the People, We the People must include all the people."

Senator Hassan at the Black New England Conference in Manchester

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