Media Guide Greater Chamber of Commerce 54 Hanover Street Manchester, NH 03101 P 603.792.4119 f 603.626.0910 www.manchester-chamber.org Welcome to Manchester is an Incorporated in 1911, Whether you are here for a If you have any questions extraordinary region that is the GMCC is the largest day, a week or a month, let us about the region please richly diverse and complex. business organization in the help you get acquainted with contact us. We are working Traveling along the banks greater Manchester area. the city and the region. We hard everyday to support of the , one We provide businesses with can provide listings of hotels, the progress of this already sees a unique blending marketing opportunities, restaurants and things to do extraordinary community. of history with current economic indicators, listings in your downtime. economic development. in the area’s only business As a member of the media, directory, legislative bulletins, Additionally, we can connect I want to welcome you to representation in both local you with company presidents Mike Skelton our great city and want you and state government, and CEOs of both small and President & CEO to know that the Greater and so much more. Our large businesses. We can Greater Manchester CMYK Pantone Manchester Chamber of office and website make provide you with experts Chamber of Commerce Commerce (GMCC) is the thousands of referrals each and speakers as sources for premier business advocacy year by providing potential your stories and location 0 0 50 180U 383U 5565U organization in the State of customers and clients with recommendations for photos, 88 3 25 81 100 32 New Hampshire. information about local B-roll and live-shots. 31 60 0 businesses. December 1, 2009

About Manchester “The Queen City”

Manchester is the historic site renovated of the world’s largest cotton mills along the textile mill, the Amoskeag Merrimack River. Mills. A century ago, the Manchester is famous mills employed easily accessible 15,000 people, produced up by car, plane and to 600 miles of cotton cloth a bus. Affordable day, and exported to nations housing, low Manchester boasts the New Hampshire offers tax- worldwide. taxes, great restaurants, largest civic arena in the free shopping, and more than excellent colleges, a growing state, the 10,000 seat Verizon 60 businesses are located Today, this ever-changing arts and culture community Wireless Arena. The arena downtown for shopping and growing city has a along with talented sports hosts concerts and trade and over 700 services population of more than teams, has transformed shows, and is home to the are provided downtown. 110,000 and its dominant Manchester as “The” place to Manchester Monarchs Downtown also is home to industries are technology live in New . hockey team, the ECHL more than 70 restaurants and and manufacturing, many of affiliate of the Los Angeles almost 25 nightclubs/bars. which are located in the Kings.

The Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce is a non-partisan business advocacy organization. The Chamber is not a division or department of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the opinions and views of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce are not necessarily reflective of the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce. Locations for live shots, interviews and B-roll

Downtown 603.206.4215 to determine location so that they may has a NH Primary Exhibit, on Manchester availability and schedule film the process and seek display. Along Elm Street there are shooting time. interviews. businesses, restaurants and Hanover Street, off of shops where people work, Manchester Ste. Marie’s Church is on Chestnut and Elm streets, eat and shop each day. This is Restaurants Manchester’s West Side. Cross is a beautiful street. Stand an ideal location to capture The Red Arrow Diner – at the Bridge Street Bridge and outside of the Palace Theatre B-roll as well as to capture 61 Lowell Street, off of Elm go through the two sets of for a beautiful shot of a tree- interviews. Street, in downtown (www. lights. Ste. Marie’s is on your lined, lighted street facing redarrowdiner.com – check left, atop a large hill. It’s a City Hall. Sheehan Phinney Bass & out their “Diner and Politics” beautiful representation of Green PA – the 17th floor link – the diner is another the French-Canadian history Concord of Brady Sullivan Plaza on “must-visit” for candidates). of Manchester’s West Side. Our State Capital Elm Street offers spectacular Concord is about 25 minutes views of the City and its Additionally, Elm Street and The Queen City Bridge north of Manchester (take skyline. Great for a bird’s-eye many of the side streets offers a great riverside shot 93 North to Exit 14, then view. Please contact Ashley downtown are filled with of Manchester. The bridge take a left off the exit into Pelletier at 603-668-0300 or restaurants and cafes. connects Elm Street with the downtown Concord) and [email protected] to West Side’s Second Street. another political hub. The schedule your visit. General State House is on Main Street Locations Manchester’s Millyard offers in downtown Concord and Center of NH – Radisson Members of the press are a beautiful scene and a would offer ideal B-roll. Hotel offering another permitted to film at the glimpse into Manchester’s scenic overlook, the hotel polling locations (there are birth as a mill town. The Aerial Photos will provide press access to a 12 throughout the City). It’s Millyard has been refurbished Frame of Mind Photography large deck that looks out over important that members of and encompasses Canal and Phone: (603) 493-4013 the City and its skyline. Please the press receive permission Commercial Streets. The Email: jhastings@ contact Shawn Monahan at from the Moderators at each Millyard Museum currently frameofmindphoto.com City of Manchester Polling Locations

Ward 1 Ward 4 Ward 7 Ward 10 Webster School Auditorium McDonough School St. Anthony Community Parker-Varney School 2519 Elm Street 550 Lowell Street Center 223 James Pollock Drive 148 Belmont Street Ward 2 Ward 5 Ward 11 Hillside Middle School Beech Street School Ward 8 Gossler School 112 Reservoir Avenue 333 Beech Street Memorial High School 99 Sullivan Street One Crusader Way Ward 3 Ward 6 Ward 12 Carol M. Rines Center St. Pius Church Ward 9 Northwest Elementary 1528 Elm Street (education center), corner of Bishop Leo E. O’Neil Youth School (use rear entrance) Candia Road and Sarto Street Center 300 Youville Street 30 South Elm Street

Visit https://www.manchesternh.gov/Departments/City-Clerk/Voter-Registration-and-Elections/Polling-Locations For a list of locations and links to directions and detailed maps to and of the polling locations.

Guidelines for filming at, reporting from and interviewing at the polling locations The ultimate guideline: The press cannot interrupt the voting process. This is a broad rule that will be interpreted and enforced by the Moderator within each ward’s polling location. It is strongly advised that journalists speak with the Moderator at each specific location for permission to film and seek interviews. Per permission of the Moderator, journalists may film B-roll within the polling location (shots of the ballots, voting booths, etc.) and outside of the polling locations and interview voters. In terms of interviewing, please do not pressure or press individuals who decline the interview request; please be respectful of the voters and voting process. Press may park near the location; though not in the parking spots reserved for voters. New Hampshire Facts

New Hampshire was the 9th State Fruit: Pumpkin Presidential Birthplace Origin of the Name New state in the United States of Franklin Pierce was born in Hampshire America; it became a state on State Flower: Purple Lilac Hillsborough (now Hillsboro) New Hampshire was named June 21, 1788. on November 23, 1804 (he for Hampshire, England, by State Abbreviation: NH was the 14th US President, Captain John Mason. State Nickname: serving from 1853 to 1857). Granite State State Capital: Concord The official state flag of New Major Rivers Hampshire was adopted in 1909 State Motto: Largest City , (but its design has been in use “Live Free or Die” Manchester Connecticut River, Merrimack since 1784). The flag pictures the River state seal on a deep blue field State Song: Area (background). The state seal has “Old New Hampshire” 9,351 square miles Major Lake the ship “Raleigh” sailing near a [New Hampshire is the 46th Lake Winnipesaukee large gray granite rock, in front State Bird: largest state in the USA] of a yellow sun rising over blue Purple Finch Highest Point water. The Raleigh was built Population Mt. Washington - 6,288 feet to fight the British during the State Animal: 1.327 million (as of 2014) (1,917 m) above sea level Revolutionary War. The scene White-tailed Deer [New Hampshire is the 42nd is surrounded by the words, most populous state in the Bordering States “SEAL OF THE STATE OF NEW State Insect: USA] Maine, Massachusetts and HAMPSHIRE 1776,” and yellow Ladybug Vermont laurel leaves interspersed with Name for Residents nine yellow stars (since New State Butterfly: New Hampshirites Bordering Country Hampshire was the ninth state in Karner Blue Butterfly Canada the US). New Hampshire became Major Industries a state in 1788. State Salt Water Game Fish: textiles, lumber, tourism, Bordering Body of Water Striped Bass electronic equipment, Atlantic Ocean software State Fresh Water Game Fish: Brook Trout

Presidential Primary Speakers/Local Experts New Hampshire State State and Local History, NH Primary Government & Presidential Lifestyle & Special Interest Dante Scala, Associate Professor Primary John Clayton, Executive Director of Political Science, UNH Brad Cook, Attorney of the Manchester Historic Email: [email protected] Sheehan Phinney Bass + Green Association, former Columnist Cell phone: 603-540-4018 Email: [email protected] for the Union Leader Office: 603-862-1519 Office phone: 603-627-8110 Email: jclayton@ Cell phone: 603-493-7351 manchesterhistoric.org Neil A. Levesque Office phone: 603-641-8192 Ex Dir, New Hampshire Instutite Political Advertisements of Politics/ Assist to Pres for Jennifer Borda, Assistant Voting Trends/Political Polls/ PA, Chairperson of the NH Professor of Communication Public Opinion Presidential Primary Centennial UNH Andrew Smith, Associate Anniversary Commission, Phone: 603-862-3709 Professor of Political Science and History of the NH primary, E-mail: [email protected] Director of the Head-to-head Matchup Analysis, UNH Survey Center Mechanics of Polling Email: [email protected] Phone: (603) 641-7022 Phone: 603-862-2226 Email: [email protected] Experts Available Via Local Universities

Climate Change Jeannie Sowers, Assistant Health Care Policy/Reform Lionel Ingram, Instructor Of Cameron P. Wake, Research Professor of Political Science, Bob Woodward, McKerley Political Science; Colonel, U.S. Professor at the Climate Change UNH Professor of Health Economics, Army (retired) Research Center, UNH Email: [email protected] UNH Email:[email protected] Email: [email protected] Phone: 603-862-1752 Email: [email protected] Phone: 603-862-1032 Phone: 603-862-2329 Phone:: 603-862-7032 Foreign Relations & History Poverty Demographic Trends Christoper Galdieri, Assistant John Seavey, Everett Sackett Cynthia “Mil” Duncan, Research Kenneth Johnson, Senior Professor, Department of Politics Professor in the School of Health Director, AGree, UNH Demographer at the Carsey Saint Anselm College and Human Services, UNH Email: [email protected] School of Public Policy, UNH Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Phone: 603-222-4107 Phone: 603-862-3414 Phone: 603-862-2205 Religion Erik Cleven, Assistant Professor, International Relations Michele Dillon, Professor of Economy (NH and New Department of Politics Alynna Lyon, Assistant Professor Sociology, UNH England) Saint Anselm College of Political Science, UNH Email: [email protected] Ross Gittell, Chancellor, Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Phone: 603-862-3558 Community College System of Phone: 603-222- 4112 Phone: 603-862-0881 New Hampshire Voter Behavior Email: [email protected] Matt Masur, Associate Professor, Melinda Negron-Gonzales, Elizabeth Ossoff, Chairperson, Phone: 603-230-3501 Department of History Assistant Professor of Political Department of Psychology Saint Anselm College Science, UNH Saint Anselm College Environmental Policy Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Amy Schmidt, Chairperson, Phone: 603-641-7046 Phone: 603-641-4634 Phone: 603-641-7133 Department of Economics and Business, Saint Anselm College Phone: 603-641-7238

Education In Manchester Manchester Religious Congregations The City of Manchester, NH of School Committee, 14 educates more than 17,000 individuals chaired by the students in its 23 public Mayor who review the school Greater Manchester Area schools. There is 1 preschool, district budget and oversee St. Anne-At. Augustin Temple Adath Yeshurun 14 elementary schools, management of the district. Catholic Church 152 Prospect Street 4 middle schools, and 4 The City Aldermanic Board 383 Beech Street Manchester, NH 03104 high schools, including a has final authority over the Manchester, NH 03103 Rabbi Beth Davidson regional high school which budget process. Father Joseph Gurdak 603-669-5650 offers technology training. 603- 623-8809 Students from preschools For access to Manchester’s Islamic Society of Greater through middle school are high schools, junior high Unitarian Universalist Manchester all residents of Manchester. schools and elementary Church 228 Maple Street The City’s high schools draw schools, contact the School 669 Union Street Manchester, NH 03103 students from Manchester, and Community Relations Manchester, NH 03104 603-664-0939 Hooksett, Candia, Bedford, Manager for the Manchester Rev. Mary Wellemeyer and Auburn. School District, who will be 603-625-6854 Manchester students come happy to coordinate your from 40 countries and speak visit: Manchester Christian 76 languages and dialects. Church In addition, there are several Andrea Alley 1308 Wellington Road private schools, many with 195 McGregor Street, Ste 201 Manchester, NH 03104 religious affiliations. [email protected] Lisa Mazur (603) 624-6300 603-622-9677 The school district is administered by a Visit the Manchester School superintendent of schools District Web site at: who reports to the Board www.mansd.org City of Manchester Quick Facts Local Taxes Bond Rating Manchester’s local property Manchester’s bond ratings Utilities tax rate is $22.67 per are strong, having been rated Telephone and thousand of assessed value AA by Standard and Poors. telecommunications (Town Tax: $11.22, Local The city also received an Aa3 services in Education Tax: $7.77, State rating by Moody’s, which Manchester Education Tax: $2.48, County emphasized the city’s strong are provided Tax: $1.20). fiscal management. by FairPoint Communications State Taxes Airport (www.fairpoint.com) New Hampshire is the only The Manchester-Boston and residential cable state in the continental Regional Airport offers services by Comcast United States which has convenient and affordable (www.comcast.com neither an earned income access in and out of ). Numerous Internet tax nor a general sales tax. Manchester. Whether you’re communications There are likewise no taxes traveling to the West Coast firms connect on inventory, industrial for a business meeting, Manchester machinery, personal catching a connecting businesses to the property, or intangibles. flight to Europe or jetting to World Wide Web. New York City for the day, Natural gas service Population Manchester’s airport provides is available in annual monthly average of The population of the City of you with the access you most parts of Manchester. 3.28 inches. Annual snowfall Manchester is approximately need. Eversource, (www. averages 60.6 inches (60 year 110,000. According to the eversource.com ) provides mean total). Average year- U.S. Census Bureau, the reliable electrical service to round humidity is moderate. population of the City of Unemployment Manchester. Manchester’s Manchester’s environmental Manchester in 2014 was According to the NH water supply is city-owned quality is excellent for 110,448. Economic and Labor Market and controlled, drawn from business and recreational Information Bureau (http:// a surface watershed with an activities throughout the Location www.nhes.state.nh.us/elmi/) estimated safe yield of 20 year. The city’s water supply Tucked in the center of New the current unemployment million gallons/day. The City is of consistently high quality England, Manchester offers rate (December 2015) is 3.2%. of Manchester has over 300 for both industrial and access to New York City, miles of public sewer and a domestic purposes. There are Boston, Philadelphia, Canada Education modern 34-million gallons/ no significant pollution or and the West Coast. Manchester boasts 11 area day secondary treatment smog problems, nor are there colleges and universities as plant. any recorded hazardous Government well as numerous vocation waste disposal sites in the The City of Manchester is programs. A local school Climate & Environment area. governed by a Mayor and 14 system includes 22 schools, The Merrimack River bisects Aldermen who approve the along with technology and the city. The elevation of municipal budget, raise and vocational training. the city’s lowest point is 110 appropriate money, enact feet above sea level and the and amend ordinances, Healthcare highest point is 570 feet. The nominate and elect most city In Manchester, healthy living surrounding countryside is officials and commissions. is a focus, as evidenced largely rural and wooded, The Finance Committee by the superb healthcare with numerous large and of the Board of Mayor and institutions providing small bodies of water. Aldermen has general cutting-edge service from Average daily temperatures supervision and control over within the city limits. range from 14.8 degrees the expenditure of all money Fahrenheit in January to appropriated by the city. Housing 70.0 degrees Fahrenheit in A fresh stock of July with an annual average condominiums, upscale and of 47 degrees. Rainfall affordable apartments and varies from an average of lots of family homes round 2.66 inches in February to out the housing market. 3.62 inches in July with an important contacts & websites

Lauren Kannenberg, Member Communications Manager Manchester City Clerk’s Office www.Dred.State.NH.us Greater Manchester Chamber of (handles elections and voting) State of NH Department of Commerce Matthew Normand Resources and Economic 603-792-4119 City Clerk Development [email protected] Office hours Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm www.VisitNH.gov William Craig Location: City Hall Plaza, Elm Street State of NH Travel and Tourism 54 Hanover Street Director of Economic 603-624-6544 Manchester, NH 03101 Development www.Census.gov T# 603.666.6600 City of Manchester www.ManchesterNH.gov Federal Census information – simply F# 603.626.0910 603-624-6505 General City of Manchester Web site search for information about New www.manchester-chamber.org [email protected] Hampshire or Manchester www.intownmanchester.com Sara Beaudry Specific to downtown central www.lfda.org Executive Director business district businesses The Live Free or Die Alliance is a Intown Manchester nonpartisan, 501c(3) nonprofit 603-645-6285 www.nh.gov/nhinfo/index.html organization created to make [email protected] For everything about New it easier for NH citizens to get Hampshire including demographics, informed, exchange opinions, and statistics and history connect with their elected officials

Places to Re-Fuel in the Manchester Area

A&E Coffee & Tea Copper Door Margaritas Mexican Restaurant & Red Arrow 24 Diner CMYK Pantone 1000 Elm Street, Manchester 15 Leavy Drive, Bedford Watering Hole 61 Lowell Street, Manchester (603) 578-3338 (603) 488-2677, www. 1037 Elm Street, Manchester (603) 626-1118 www.aeroaastery.com copperdoorrestaurant.com (603) 647-7717, www.margs.com www.redarrowdiner.com

Airport Diner/The Common Man Midtown Café Stark Brewing Company 0 0 50 180U 383U 5565U 2280 Brown Avenue, Manchester Cotton 814 Elm Street, Manchester 500 Commercial Street, Manchester (603) 623-5040, www.thecman.com 75 Arms Street, Manchester (603) 935-5401 (603) 625-4444 88 3 25 (603) 622-5488, www.cottonfood. www.midtowncafenh.com www.starkbrewingcompany.com81 100 32 Bayona Cafe com 31 60 0 670 North Commercial Street, Lower Mint Bistro T-Bones Great American Eatery Level, Manchester Derryfield Restaurant and Lounge 1105 Elm Street, Manchester 25 South River Road, Bedford December 1, 2009 (603) 782-3450 625 Mammoth Road, Manchester (603) 625-6468 (603) 641-6100, www.t-bones.com www.bayonacafe.com (603) 623-2880 www.mintbistronh.com www.thederryfield.com Tommy K’s Pizza and Bar Bedford Village Inn Mr. Mac’s 2323 Brown Avenue, Manchester 2 Olde Bedford Way, Bedford Dunkin Donuts 497 Hooksett Road, Manchester (603) 935-7404 (603) 472-2001 Manchester (603) 703-6500, www.mr-macs.com www.tommyksmanchester.com www.bedfordvillageinn.com (978) 898-1228 Nadeau’s Subs Two Friends Cafe Belmont Hall & Restaurant Fratello’s Italian Grille 805 Canal Street, Manchester 542 Mast Road, Goffstown 718 Grove Street, Manchester 155 Dow Street, Manchester (603) 644-8888, www.nadeaus.biz (603) 627-6622 (603) 625-8540 (603) 624-2022, www.fratellos.com www.twofriendsbagel.com www.belmonthall.net N’awlins Grille FUNKTION Spirits & Spoonfuls 860 Elm Street, Manchester Bertucci’s Italian Restaurant 931 Elm Street, Manchester (603) 606-2488 Veranda Martini Bar & Grille 1500 South Willow Street, (603) 782-5365 www.nawlinsgrille.com 201 Hanover Street, Manchester Manchester www.funktionspirits.com (603) 627-2677 (603) 668-6204 www.bertuccis.com 900 Degrees www.verandagrille.com The Gyro Spot 50 Dow Street, Manchester British Beer Company 1073 Elm Street, Manchester (603) 641-0900 Waterworks Café 1071 South Willow Street, (603) 218-3869 www.900degrees.com 250 Commercial Street, Suite 2021, Manchester www.thegyrospot.com Manchester (603) 232-0677, Ninety-Nine Restaurant & Pub (603) 668-6111 www.britishbeer.com Hanover Street Chophouse 1685 South Willow Street, www.waterworkscafe.com 149 Hanover Street, Manchester Manchester Buffalo Wild Wings (603) 644-2467 (603) 641-5999 Whiskey’s 20 1500 South Willow Road, Suite www.hanoverstreetchophouse.com www.99restaurants.com 20 Old Granite Street, Manchester N101-A, Manchester (603) 860-1949 (603) 305-7723 Hooked Seafood Restaurant The Patio/Pavilion at the Hilton www.whiskeys20.com 110 Hanover Street, Manchester Garden Inn Café la Reine (603) 606-1189 101 South Commercial Street, XO on Elm 915 Elm Street, Manchester www.hookedonignite.com Manchester 827 Elm Street, Manchester (603) 232-0332, (603) 669-2222 (603) 560-7998, www.xoonelm.com www.cafelareine.com Ignite Bar & Grille www.hgi-manchester.com 100 Hanover Street, Manchester City Café – Grace Capital Church (603) 644-0064 Piccola Italia Ristorante 542 Elm Street, Manchester www.hookedonignite.com 815 Elm Street, Manchester (603) 415-4000, www.gccnh.com (603) 606-5100 J’s Tavern www.piccolaitalianh.com City Sports Grille, Spare Time Family 63 Union Square, Milford Fun Center (603) 249-9222, www.jstavernnh.com Portland Pie Company 216 Maple Street, Manchester 786 Elm Street, Manchester (603) 625-9656, www. JD’s Tavern (603) 622-7437 sparetimeentertainment.com 700 Elm Street, Manchester www.portlandpie.com (603) 206-4140, www.radisson.com CJ’s Great West Grill Puritan Backroom Restaurant 782 South Willow Street, Manchester LaBelle Winery 245 Hooksett Road, Manchester (603) 627-8600, www.go2cjs.com 345 Route 101, Amherst (603) 669-6890 (603) 672-9898 www.puritanbackroom.com www.labellewinerynh.com