Eoin Costello is a digital champion for small business and a leader in the reinvention of communities. We spoke by Zoom and picked up where we left off from our first meeting years ago in Ireland. He started off our conversation by noting that much of built infrastructure reflects the needs of our 19th-century communities.
New Hampshire’s major spine is the Granite State Rail Trail and its biggest gap is from Concord to Manchester. it is the segments within the City of Manchester that have become the focus of the all-volunteer Manchester Moves organization.
Currently, the Granite State Rail Trail, an almost contiguous 125-mile rail-trail that runs diagonally across New Hampshire from the Northwest corner to Salem with a 21-mile gap that excludes Manchester residents from enjoying the health and social benefits and increased economic activity that a rail trail will bring to the community. This 21-miles of little-used rail line can be converted to an active transportation corridor, a shared-use trail used for jogging, walking, and biking.