The purchase of 20,000 square feet in the 2 Pillsbury Street condominium complex is central to the station's editorial growth and the centerpiece of The Campaign for New Hampshire Public Radio. This new production and broadcast center will be a state-of-the-art home for up to 60 reporters, producers, hosts, and administrative staff, a venue where live call-in programs, in-depth interviews, and sound-rich feature stories can be easily produced using the highest technical standards. In addition to covering public policy, health, and education issues, we will add an arts and culture desk, a business desk, and an environmental reporting desk. Enterprise reporting will be strengthened and our primary and election coverage enriched by the expertise of seasoned journalists. A state-of-the-art technological operations center will facilitate the distribution of our programs to and beyond our network of transmitters and satellite uplinks. It will also allow us to create a "sound bank" of programs for on-demand and on-line distribution. The new facility will provide a gathering place for community partners to hear a speaker or a live broadcast. In short, the building is not an end in and of itself; the new broadcast facility at 2 Pillsbury Street is a means to an end. It will allow NHPR to provide the high level of public service that New Hampshire's citizens expect and deserve.