429 Elm Street Residential Property Revitalization Zone Application
Keene
Description
Conversion of an existing barn on a property with three existing houses into one one-bedroom and one two-bedroom unit, a roughly $200,000 project seeking the city's first-ever RSA 79-E:4-b residential tax relief. The committee recommended a four-year abatement.
Impact summary
If approved, the property owners could access RSA 79-E revitalization tax incentives for the Elm Street property.
Applicant
- Name
- Joseph and Cheryl Bagster (JCNC Rentals), represented by George Hansel of H.G. Johnson Real Estate
- Address
- 429 Elm Street, Keene, NHSee this on the map
At a glance
- Hearings
- 4
- Public comments
- 0
- Total mentions
- 4
Last vote · Finance, Organization and Personnel Committee
A recommendation, not a final decision. The council decides next.
Discussed at 1 meeting in the last 60 days; most recently Oct 1, 2026.
Meeting timeline (4)
City Council - Oct 1, 2026
An RPRZ application for 128-130 School Street was before the council from Community Development; no action is recorded in the minutes provided.
Finance, Organization and Personnel Committee - Jul 9, 2026
Conversion of an existing barn on a property with three existing houses into one one-bedroom and one two-bedroom unit, a roughly $200,000 project seeking the city's first-ever RSA 79-E:4-b residential tax relief. The committee recommended a four-year abatement.
City Council - Jul 2, 2026
A Residential Property Revitalization Zone application under RSA 79-E:4-b for 429 Elm Street went to public hearing. The program offers property tax relief in exchange for rehabilitating older buildings.
City Council - Jun 18, 2026
A tax-incentive revitalization zone application for the Bagsters' Elm Street property moves forward — a public hearing is set for July 2, 2026.
Related issues (1)
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