What can you do to help?
ACTION STEPS:
1. Read the Forest Society’s description in its application for the demolition permit, here.
2. Write an Objection Letter to the Portsmouth Building Inspector (application DEMO 19-8).
Letters must be mailed or hand-delivered to:
Robert Marsilla, Building Inspector
Inspection Department, City Hall
One Junkins Avenue
Portsmouth NH 03801
Copy Jane Difley, Forest Society president
Jane Difley, President
Society for the Protection of NH Forests
54 Portsmouth Avenue
Concord NH 03301
Copy Jack Savage, Forest Society VP of Outreach
Society for the Protection of NH Forests
54 Portsmouth Avenue
Concord NH 03301
3. Tell Portsmouth Advocates (advocates@portsmouthhistory.org) what you know about Carey Cottage, past efforts to save it, what the owner intended.
4. Direct people with ideas and means to Jack Savage at the Forest Society. (jsavage@forestsociety.org) And copy Por
5. Contact Forest Society Trustees to express your objections. (List of current Trustees.)
6. Reply to Forest Society fund-raising efforts by expressing your opposition to demolishing Carey Cottage.
7. Engage social media. Follow @SaveCareyCottage and @PortsmouthAdvocates on Facebook. Share their posts.
Post on social media. #SaveCareyCottage #ThisPlaceMatters For more info about social media support, click here.
8. Donate to the GoFundMe.org campaign (click here) Initial funds support Portsmouth Advocate efforts to slow down the demolition push. The longer term goal is to cover the cost to stabilize and sustain the building until a suitable partner is found.
9. Stay involved. Come to meetings and events. Share information. Write letters to the editor (opinion@seacoastonlein.com).
10. Thank the Portsmouth City Council for their stance opposing the demolition of Carey Cottage and suggestions that the City of Portsmouth save Carey Cottage "at all costs."