For almost two years now, I have been jumping through hoops to get our new home construction project approved. This process included gaining signoff from the following parties:

• Concord Department of Natural Resources
• Concord Historic Preservation Commission
• Concord Building & Inspections
• Concord Board of Health
• Concord Planning Division
• Concord Tree Preservation
• Concord Municipal Power
• Concord Water & Sewage
• Concord Highway Department
• Concord Fire Department
• Concord Police Department
• National Grid

Last week our Building Permit (demolition phase only) was approved and I picked up the physical permit this afternoon. It is the most expensive sheet of orange paper that I have ever seen. Fortunately, all of the groundwork for this permit will apply to the Construction permit that we will file next week. With any luck, demolition will commence in June.