Special Board of Aldermen 07-25-2022 Page 8
President Wilshire
Thank you. Anyone have questions?
Alderman Thibeault
Thank you, Madam President. Hello Mr. Sennott. So you answered a couple of my questions in your opening speech
so thank you for that without Knowing what they were. But I'll throw the same question out as | threw out Alderman
Caron. The Keefe - what do you think about the Keefe Auditorium?
Tim Sennott
Resident Tim thinks that the Keefe Auditorium is a gem to this city. I've had many opportunities to take in performances
there as a high school student, as a young adult. | wanted to go see the Symphony once and that's where | went. We
have a very vibrant arts community in this city and | feel that the Keefe Auditorium and it's a long-term capacity could be
a very adequate complement to the Performing Arts Center just as the theater at Court Street can be a complement to
the Keefe Auditorium. The performances that take place the Court Street Theatre are not going to take place at Keefe.
The performances that take place at the Keefe are not necessarily going to take place at the new performing arts
center.
That being said, this Board is in place to assess the details of that. | know that that's still at least a year off as we as we
move on with the new McCarthy Middle School and we assess what needs to be done with the Elm Street site. I'd still
like to See more community meetings to see what is to be done with that site but | do believe that there is a large bit of
community support for keeping the Keefe Auditorium. We certainly would want to take a look at what the costs are
associated with that. I've heard numbers high. I've heard numbers low. I've heard numbers in the middle but standing
here today, | am a proponent of keeping the Keefe Auditorium but | certainly would take into account any of the factors
that come into play in now.
Alderman Thibeault
Follow up. How do you plan on communicating with your constituents if you're in this role?
Tim Sennott
Well | am a millennial so | am on Facebook for better or for worse. These are the things you think about at night when
you know you're coming to one of these meetings and you're not getting a whole lot of sleep. | certainly would make an
effort to have a central social media presence where folks could reach me. | think that's the first place a lot of people
go. My phone number is available. It's no secret to anybody who wants to find it. | have plenty of access. | have an
employer who's very forgiving with time so if the need arises to step aside from my desk for a moment to take a phone
call, I'm certainly able to do that. | also work from home two days a week so I'm in Nashua two days a week and
accessible to anybody that needs to reach me. | answer all my emails whether people want me to or not. Yes | think it
would be very accessible.
Alderman Thibeault
Thank you.
Alderwoman Timmons
Thank you, Madam President. | do have a question. Crown Hill area is very diverse and you know you have a
community center over there. I’m there quite a lot. | wanted to know if you visit the community center and if you
haven't, why not?
Tim Sennott
| have visited the community center. | appreciate a lot of the work that is done there. I've been to a number of events
that were held there. My wife and | have taken very ill-fated dancing lessons there. My son loves going to the seasonal
parties that are hosted there at Halloween and at the holiday season for Christmas. We've been to tie dyeing events
there. Once or twice, I've even signed up to volunteer there. | don't think | had any services at the time that they
needed for me to offer and unfortunately since, my time has become a little more constricted in that respect. | certainly
love having the community center. | think it's a wonderful use of a historic building. It's centrally located right in front of
