FRANCONIA — Members of the Mt. Washington Commission met last week with a mediation team from Harvard to help the commission overcome disagreements that have held up a new master plan for the park.
The Harvard Negotiation & Mediation Clinical Program team is made up of three third-year Harvard Law School graduate students and their supervisor, Clinical Law Professor Rachel Viscomi. The team actively engaged with Mt. Washington Commission members and others on Friday, Oct. 29, at an in-person meeting at the Peabody Lodge in Franconia Notch State Park.
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