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NASHUA – A resident of the Gate City for nearly three decades, Timothy Sennott is running to represent Ward 7 on the Board of Aldermen.

Since moving to the Crown Hill neighborhood six years ago, Sennott has immersed himself in his ward.

“I have served the residents of Ward 7 as one of their five election officials, ensuring that local, state and presidential elections in Ward 7 can serve as the standard for the rest of the city,” he said.

In addition to serving as an election official, Sennott was a ward selectman from 2018 to 2019 and has been the Ward 7 moderator since 2020.

“As the ward moderator, I am responsible for overseeing all Election Day activities when Ward 7 comes to vote at Crisp Elementary,” he said. “Over the course of my two terms, I have focused on building a team of strong, dependable poll workers from both sides of the political aisle who can come together each election cycle, put aside their ideological differences, and work toward a common goal for the good of their community.”

Sennott was appointed to the Downtown Improvement Committee in 2022 and joined the Board of Directors of Great American Downtown earlier this year.

He has also attended every aldermen meeting for the past year.

“I have spoken on proposed traffic changes, updates to our parks and green spaces and improvements to area amenities such as the Crown Hill swimming pool,” he said.

Sennott also spoke out against the proposed asphalt plant on Temple Street.

“I attended and spoke out at each meeting of the Planning Board where this proposal was heard and attended numerous community meetings and demonstrations geared to the opposition of this proposal for the northernmost section of Ward 7,” he said.

In the summer of 2022, Sennott learned that Ward 7 did not have an alderman.

“I stepped forward to offer to fulfill the remainder of our outgoing alderman’s unfinished term,” he said. “Even after the board elected another candidate in a 9-5 vote, I continued to speak out on behalf of the betterment of Ward 7’s neighborhoods.”

Regarding the recent homeless encampment on Crown Street, Sennott fielded concerns from residents and from homeless individuals themselves.

“I’ve made great efforts to lead by example,” he said. “Reaching out to current leadership to explore alternative avenues that would both alleviate the concerns of area residents and offer more compassionate, human accommodations for this vulnerable population.”

If elected, Sennott said he intends to tackle homelessness head on.

“These can be difficult conversations, but shying away from them only allows the side effects of such topics to compound and grow worse,” he said. “I am committed to aggressive and creative approaches to combating the ongoing housing crisis and will pursue avenues to move beyond benchmark definitions of ‘affordable’ housing.”

Sennott also outlined his plans for the ongoing development of downtown Nashua.

“With the Performing Arts Center now open and operating, the city has a strong centerpiece around which it can continue to build a vibrant and welcoming downtown,” he said. “I will seek out ways to attract new businesses to our downtown that can further build its reputation as a destination for area residents to visit from near and far for dining, entertainment, recreation and locally-driven shopping.”

Looking back on the past two years, Sennott said Nashua has “grown exponentially.”

“Many projects that were in development or just getting underway at that time, such as the Monahan Manor housing complex, the Nashua Center for the Arts and the continued reimagining of our downtown are either open and operating, on the cusp of opening or in an ongoing state of development in their own right,” he said.

Sennott said the ability to absorb criticism on social media has become part of being an elected official.

“Elected leaders must be prepared to take criticism for their performance,” he said. “It’s incumbent upon office holders to walk the fine line between not engaging in a vitriolic back and forth with those who choose to deliver their comments on social media, while still being willing to engage their constituency there.”

Sennott holds an Associate’s Degree in accounting and finance from Nashua Community College.