Mark Davie

Ward 4 City Councilor

Concord, New Hampshire

Meet Mark

Hello! It’s so nice to meet you. My name is Mark Davie and I’m the city councilor for Ward 4!

I am on a mission to make our capital city attractive and accessible to all ages and abilities! I bring a unique perspective as a young person who is a transplant to New Hampshire. My career in public service equips me to advocate for fair and realistic housing opportunities, improved walkability and reduced car-dependence, and enhanced local planning and engagement.

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What's New?

March City Council Meeting

In March, we approved an updated arrangement for our Main Street businesses to have barricades for outdoor dining, updated Medicare rates for our ambulance services to be in compliance with new state legislation, and heard a report on the audit completed for the golf shop. Other councilors had questions on the parks and recreation facility rental procedure, capital reserves, and a report on the City’s six pools and one splash pad.

I had a few questions on the citywide reevaluation project that is underway. Many inhabitants of smaller homes, mobile homes, and apartments in Concord are nervous about the impact that market shifts have had on the appraised values of these types of homes. I, as a renter, raised some questions about this, as the full numbers are not able to be released until later this year, and there is not a recommended way to prepare for the impact to taxes, and by extension, rent. Many thanks to Jon and his team for their hard work in this difficult endeavor.

Recording | Meeting Packet & Minutes

The assessor’s office does not set the tax rate. State law requires cities and towns to follow market values. For more details on what a reevaluation project does, check these videos out:

This New Zealand example has great visuals.
Portland, Maine does a good job explaining the rate of increase for the whole city vs. your individual property.
- This local group does a good write-up and mini analysis of their own.
Bristol, Connecticut does a good job explaining why communities do reevalutions with the 2020s factors that have influenced markets.
Portsmouth, similar to the above, but a local New Hampshire example.

City Council Priority Setting Session

On Thursday, February 19, we sat down to get our formal list of priorities in order for the term.

Why is this important? City Council’s priorities direct the work of our city staff. They should be clearly achievable actions that remain flexible enough for staff to accomplish the work. For example, if City leadership and City Council agreed that we need a new fire truck, we probably wouldn’t direct them to purchase a particular make and model of fire truck. You can see this highlighted in the quarterly report issued by the City Manager’s office (most recent December 2025 example).

What did I bring to the table? I continue to support any and all initiatives that promote fair and accessible housing, as well as optimizing our engagement and outreach strategies. On 2/19, I advocated for doing outreach as part of the interim zoning updates that the Community Development department continues to work on while we await the start of the Master Plan process. I also advocated for moving the mayor’s suggested outreach priorities to fit within a “fiscal responsibility and communication” item.

Recording | Meeting Packet, including Renters’ Caucus priorities and Mayor’s suggested priorities

February City Council Meeting

At February’s City Council meeting, we moved forward with the class and compensation study, the Concord Coach parking agreement, and accepting the Skate Park donation.

Recording | Meeting Packet & Minutes

January City Council Meeting

In January, we accepted some pass-through donations, allocated $100,000 toward a water main upgrade that coincides with a New Hampshire DOT project, and did some reorganizing of several reserve accounts that were no longer serving a specific purpose or held small amounts of money.

Recording | Meeting Packet & Minutes

State Street Parking Garage & Downtown Parking Study

On Monday, March 23, the Parking Committee got a first look at the results of the parking study and some recommendations for the State Street garage.

Leveling the garage and leaving it as a surface parking lot, renovating the current garage to add about 15 years of service, or building a new garage are all potential options on the table.

The good news is that there is potentially zero impact to taxes regardless of the path we choose, as a bond would be paid within the parking reserve fund. Raising parking fees within the city is another conversation the parking committee would need to start, and I would like to see more discussion of resident vs. nonresident feelings toward this regardless of the State Street garage.

Renovation: $2.5M

Surface lot: $3.5M to $4.1M

New Garage: $20M+

Check out the full report here (recommend desktop only). Highlights:

Cost table, page 16 (page 39 of PDF)

Proposed wayfinding plan, page 31 (page 54 of PDF)

Surface lot proposals, pages AP101 & 102 (pages 92 & 93 of PDF)

New garage proposals, page AP110 onward (page 94 of PDF)

The conversation is far from over! Send me your thoughts or attend the next meeting on Monday, April 27 at 5pm in council chambers!

How to Spend a Friday Night

Going into the small snow on Friday evening, February 20, I had asked our General Services department if it would be possible to ride along with a plow driver, to which they obliged! I got to be in one of the smaller trucks navigating much of downtown just before the parking ban went into effect that night. I got to see the clearing of tight streets like the alleys around Bicentennial Square and Hanover and Garden streets. Later, I was moved to one of the bigger trucks that was navigating East Concord in subdivisions around Broken Ground school. I got excellent insight into the logistics of parking bans as well as the different work our crews do throughout the year. Thank you to Tony and Tarryn for sharing their shifts with me!

Want to know where your street falls within the plowing routes? Check out page 19 and onward of the Winter Operation Policy on General Services’ website.

My Committee Assignments

Early in January, the Mayor issued the Committee assignments for councilors. Cities and towns have committees to focus on specific issues. If City Council had to discuss parking hours on School Street versus Merrimack Street, approve a zoning map, make a volunteer schedule for maintaining trails, make a cold weather action plan for homeless services, AND talk about the budget, we would have some very long meetings on our hands. That’s why communities have several committees that are fine-tuned to their needs. In Concord, we have over 30! Want to get involved? Many have vacancies! Not sure what a committee does? Reach out and I may be able to help!

I was assigned:

Energy & Environment Advisory Committee. At my first meeting, we discussed Community Power and some key solar projects happening in Concord.
Opportunity Corridors Advisory Committee. Details coming soon!
Parking Committee. I will have my first meeting the last week of February!
Solid Waste Advisory Committee. At my first meeting, we largely discussed the rollout of the pilot transition period to automated trash pickup. We will meet again in March to discuss outreach and logistics.
Tax Exemption Policy Committee. At the 2026 meeting at the beginning of February, we discussed the changes in state legislation impacting credits and exemptions for veterans, and the upcoming reevaluation. We set the credit and exemption income thresholds based on staff recommendation from what other communities around the state have done. This committee typically only meets once a year, but we will likely have a second meeting this spring to discuss the reevaluation further.

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