Story Archives of 'Development'

We’ve heard a lot about efforts to boost our sagging economy and revive the manufacturing sector with green-collar jobs. But if sustainable and energy efficient systems are going to get built properly, it’s blue-collar workers who need to be on board.

A green-collar job is a lot like a blue-collar job, except that workers incorporate the principles of sustainability and environmental stewardship. Take the union stronghold of construction. The EPA ranks construction as the nation’s most wasteful industry by far, which makes eco-friendly development sound like a contradiction, or a massive undertaking. Raising a green building in the working-class neighborhood of south boston introduces other challenges. The documentary The Greening of Southie chronicles Boston’s first residential green building – the Macallen – and the workforce that set out to construct the “city of tomorrow.” "The Greening of Southie" is coming to Red River Theatres in Concord tomorrow night and runs through next week. I spoke with the director, Ian Cheney, when the film was first released, and asked him how he came across this unusual project.

The Greening of Southie at Red River Theatres in Concord

(Photo by Taylor Gentry)

It's a west side story in a city that has poured most of its development efforts into its east side.
The Rimmon Heights district in Manchester is coming into its own, attracting new businesses even while the city's downtown area is losing some storefronts.
NHPR Correspondent Ellen Grimm reports.

A group of residents in Exeter are fighting to preserve a 53 acre historic farm in Exeter.

St. Michael’s Parish, the largest Catholic church in town, has a proposal to build a new church and parish campus on the site of Fort Rock Farm.

But opponents say Fort Rock Farm isn’t appropriate for development – and have formed a non-profit organization to fight it.

New Hampshire Public Radio’s Amy Quinton reports.

The proposed expansion of a conservative Christian Community in Richmond, New Hampshire is meeting local resistance.

The Saint Benedict Center wants to build a new school and chapel.

But some in town express fears of over-development, and others worry about the nature of the Center itself.

N-H-P-R correspondent Rose Kundanis has the story.

A New Hampshire woman’s first adventure into real estate hopes to change a long pattern of what she says is bad development.

The Peterborough resident is hoping to build a new pedestrian-friendly “smart growth” community near downtown.

She’s asked the entire town to take part in its design.

But as New Hampshire Public Radio’s Amy Quinton reports, not everyone in Peterborough thinks the idea is so smart.