Karl Dean to keynote Welcoming NH annual conference Sept. 16
Keynote speaker Karl Dean, former mayor of Nashville, a city nationally recognized for economic growth.
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Service-animal relief zone added at Manchester airport
Manchester-Boston Regional Airport has installed a new service animal relief area, located in the secure area of the airport (post security), near Gate 4 on the ground level. The area is equipped with synthetic grass, a wash down hose and drainage to accommodate service animal needs.
Pop of Color: Retail therapy for a restaurant-heavy downtown
Pop of Color is more than a gift shop. It’s also a metaphor for the newest bright spot on Elm Street, a welcome splash of retail therapy in a monochromatic sea of eateries.
CDFA Awards $5.325 Million in Tax Credits to New Hampshire Nonprofits
Projects receiving tax credits this year range from downtown revitalization and job creation efforts to increasing access to addiction recovery services, including four Manchester organizations – Dismas Home of NH, HOPE for NH Recovery, Families in Transition, and Manchester Police Athletic League.
Breastfeeding moms get privacy pod at Manchester-Boston airport
Nursing moms should be pumped about this new addition to the Manchester airport.
Marriott Residence Inn coming to downtown in 2018
The proposed building site includes a municipal parking lot that is a popular parking option for those attending events at the Verizon Wireless Arena and other downtown destinations, which will become hotel parking. Anagnost said that the hotel would likely feature up to 120 parking spaces, and that it would be up to the hotel management to work out some agreement with the Verizon if shared parking were possible.
Wal-Mart Foundation shows support in big way for Youth Resource Center
The Walmart Foundation presented a $25,000 gift to Child and Family Services of NH to support the agency’s Youth Resource Center food pantry. The gift comes as part of Walmart Foundation’s national hunger relief initiative and will help to provide sustenance to hundreds of New Hampshire’s runaway, homeless, and at-risk youth.
NH Farm recalls beef products due to E.coli
These items were shipped to retail locations and for institutional use in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont, including two retailers – one in Manchester and one in Hooksett.
Families in Transition Americorps VISTA is looking for some new recruits
The Families in Transition (FIT) AmeriCorps VISTA Program is now recruiting for the 2016-2017 service year. VISTAs (Volunteers in Service to America) help eliminate poverty in the Granite State by serving as a paid professional full-time volunteer for one year at a nonprofit or government agency.
Alan Chong Named Currier Museum of Art Director & CEO
The Currier Museum of Art’s Board of Trustees is pleased to announce that Alan Chong has been unanimously approved as its new Director and CEO, starting September 8, 2016.
Live $1.3M NH Lottery drawing to take place during NH Fisher Cats game
The New Hampshire Lottery will award a $1.3 million top prize in a live drawing Thursday, July 21, right on the infield in the middle of a New Hampshire Fisher Cats baseball game at Northeast Delta Dental Stadium in Manchester.
Horse sense: Hilton Garden Inn donates to Manchester Police Mounted Unit
The Hilton Garden Inn of Manchester presented the Friends of the Manchester Mounted Patrol with a donation of $2,000 on July 12 to help care for and outfit the mounted unit’s two horses.