Visions of Hanover
What is a town? How do we capture the story of the people and place? How do we understand a town and envision its future?
With the aim of building a more inclusive, affordable and dynamic town, below are tools, data, and stories to help inform policies and priorities.
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Hanover was founded 25 years before the country, on July 4th, 1761. Women have been excluded from serving in government for longer than they have been included. In 2025, Town Meeting passed Article 25 requiring gender neutral language in all Town documents. This project accelerates this work by creating a database of gender-neutral Town Charter & Ordinances.
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The Town of Hanover created an award-winning Sustainability Master Plan with years of community engagement. This tool helps people access this robust plan with inter-connected goals and strategies. How do you envision the future of Hanover? Search on a key term and see whether and how your ideas are included.
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Where do the people who work in Hanover come from? And where do people in Hanover work? This interactive tool pulls American Community Survey numbers by census tract to understand commuting in and out of Hanover.
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Hanover has had a history of requiring developers to build parking - just in case. But parking takes up valuable land - and does every household have vehicles? Explore data pulled from the American Community Survey to understand vehicle ownership in Hanover.
