A Southern New Hampshire University professor and former minister wants to turn the 36 acres of land he bought on Route 28 adjacent to the Suncook Business Park into a Native American “reservation.”

Dan Stauffacher, who spent millions on the land, said the park would include an open air pavilion for outdoor concerts, a meetinghouse, a church, retail shops, affordable housing for seniors 55 and older, a town square and a village green.

“It’s an early 1800s vintage environment that’s going to be educational, recreational and a whole lot of fun,” said Stauffacher.

The development, called “Meetinghouse Park,” is still in the conceptual phases and has not had official review from the town’s Planning Board or Board of Selectmen, but Stauffacher said the town’s boards have showed support for the development.

Stauffacher said he envisions class field trips, concerts, town meetings and day trips for the development, which would include Civil War and Native American re-enactments with hired actors.

Stauffacher added he will donate land to the town for the purpose of building a new town hall and library in case they choose to do so in the future. “The real feature to this that I’m excited about is we’re going to recreate the village green,” Stauffacher said.

Stauffacher, a professor of Native American history, enlisted the help of several SNHU students to film and edit an infomercial promoting the development, he said.

The infomercial would be aired on the project’s Web site, meetinghousepark.net, and on other sites such as YouTube, Stauffacher said.

He added he is talking with Pembroke Academy’s horticulture department to see whether students would be able to design, install and maintain the landscape for the development.

The project would be completed in phases, the first one including going through the planning approval process, installing the infrastructure and building the church, function hall, open air pavilion and village area.

Phase two would add the town square and retail portion, which two retailers have already expressed some interest in it, according to Stauffacher, along with the over-55 housing units. A third possible phase would be to construct an all-Native American cuisine restaurant, Stauffacher said.

Architect Claude P. Gentilhomme signed on with Stauffacher to achieve the vision. Gentilhomme said the development would incorporate 1800s architecture with cuttingedge technology.

“My goal at the end of this project is the people will pull into the village and wonder, ‘Has this been around a long time or is this new?’” Gentilhomme said, adding the streetlights would be the only visible modern addition to the park.

Roland Martel, chairman of the Conservation Committee, president of the Allenstown Revitalization Association and president of the town’s Historical Society, showed his support for the project by participating in the infomercial.

“I’m a hundred percent behind it. All of it is a win-win for the town,” Martel said.