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Manchester in Focus: The Hot Couch

By John Walters on Wednesday, June 5, 2002.

Denise Garcia, an enterprising twenty-something, founded the Hot Couch Teen Arts Center to give Manchester's teens a place to go after school and do something constructive. It's now a vibrant part of downtown Manchester and attracts dozens of teens every day. One of the main missions of the center is to create a place for diversity and understanding among teens of different ethnicities and classes. We talk to Denise and Becky Desrochers about the center. The Hot Couch is at 972 Elm St. 622-2654

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High School Drop Outs

By Laura Knoy on Wednesday, June 5, 2002.

A new report shows New Hampshire's high school drop out rate is much higher than once thought with as many as 1 in 4 students dropping out. We'll talk about what's behind these numbers, and what it takes to keep kids in school. Laura's guests are Doug Hall, NH Center for Public Policy, www.unh.edu/ipssr/nhcpps/, NH Education Commissioner Nick Donahue, NH Dept. of Education www.ed.state.nh.us/ and Guidance Counselor Mike Dolphin, Alvirne High, Hudson, NH www.seresc.k12.nh.us/~hudson/alvirne.html.

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The Boosting of Manchester

By Josh Rogers on Wednesday, June 5, 2002.

Manchester is poised on the verge of a great leap forward. That's the message on the lips of city officials, business leaders, non-profit organizations, and even a few average citizens. While such boosterism is commonplace; Manchester is also taking action to ensure such civic pride translates into economic development.

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City Makes an Effort to Revive Downtown Manchester

By David Darman on Wednesday, June 5, 2002.

For many years, downtown Manchester has struggled. Stores closed on Elm Street. And customers migrated to the Mall of New Hampshire on South Willow Street. But in the past few years, downtown Manchester's commercial district has begun to stir again, as NHPR?s David Darman reports.

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