Dover Download

In this episode of the Dover Download podcast, Deputy City Manager Christopher Parker chats with Jason Hindle, who served on the Dover City Council from 2000-2008. This episode is the fourth in a series with Dover policymakers over the decades. Hindle reflects on major events and policy decisions during his tenure, including the city's response to 9/11, transportation and infrastructure invest...

In this episode of the Dover Download podcast, Deputy City Manager Christopher Parker chats with Parks "Skip" Christenbury, a former Dover City Councilor and lifelong Dover resident. This episode is the third in a series with Dover policymakers over the decades. They discuss the issues facing Dover in the 1990s when Christenbury served on the City Council, including financial struggles a...

In this episode of the Dover Download podcast, Deputy City Manager Christopher Parker chats with Donna Benton, Director of Planning and Community Development, about Dover's Capital Improvements Program (CIP). They discuss what the CIP is, the process for creating it each year, how projects are financed, the timeline for approval, and how residents can provide input. The CIP will be presented t...

In this episode of the Dover Download podcast, Deputy City Manager Christopher Parker chats with former Dover Mayor Jesse Andrew Galt about his time as a policymaker in Dover during the 1980s. This episode is the second in a series with Dover policymakers over the decades. Galt served on the Dover City Council beginning in 1983, and then as mayor. Galt explains that he first got involved with loca...

In this episode of the Dover Download podcast, Deputy City Manager Christopher Parker chats with former Dover Mayor Jack Buckley about his time as a policymaker in Dover during the 1970s. This episode is the first in a series with Dover policymakers over the decades. Parker and Buckley discuss Buckley's various roles in Dover, including as a city councilor, mayor, and director of the Dover Hou...

In this episode of the Dover Download podcast, Deputy City Manager Christopher Parker chats with Leah Garnett from the Finance Department and Patty Moniello from the Office of the City Attorney. Garnett and Moniello discuss their backgrounds and what brought them to work for the City of Dover. They talk about the learning curve coming from different sectors into government work, the surprises and...

In this episode of the Dover Download podcast, Deputy City Manager Christopher Parker chats with City Clerk Jerrica Vansylyvong-Bizier and Deputy City Clerk Annie Baker about the upcoming municipal election in Dover on Nov. 7, 2023. They discuss voter registration, absentee ballots, polling locations, hours, ID requirements, and more. In This Week in Dover History, we learn about three boys from D...

In this episode of the Dover Download podcast, Deputy City Manager Christopher Parker chats with Kristian Theodore, co-owner of Forward Merch, a Dover-based entertainment merchandising company. Theodore discusses the history of his company, which prints T-shirts, hoodies, flags, and other merchandise for bands, Broadway shows, and immersive experiences. He shares how his business has grown over th...

In this episode of the Dover Download podcast, Deputy City Manager Christopher Parker chats with Jamie Stevens, the Cochecho Waterfront Development project manager, and John Storer, Director of Community Services, about infrastructure projects around Dover. Stevens provides an overview of the multi-year waterfront redevelopment project, including installing new municipal infrastructure like water,...

In this episode of the Dover Download podcast, Deputy City Manager Christopher Parker chats with two local business owners, Derek Fisher of Wing-Itz and Christina Van Blake of Home and House & Home, about locating and expanding their businesses in Dover. Fisher and Van Blake discuss their entrepreneurial journeys and share the sacrifices they made to get their businesses off the ground. Both e...

In this episode of the Dover Download podcast, Deputy City Manager Christopher Parker chats with Margaret Joyce, Executive Director of the Greater Dover Chamber of Commerce, and Hope Anderson, Program Coordinator for the Chamber, about the upcoming 39th annual Apple Harvest Day festival on Oct. 7. Highlights of this year's event include the 5K road race, pie baking contest, over 300 vendors, l...

In this episode of the Dover Download podcast, Deputy City Manager Christopher Parker chats with Patty Falconer, the newly appointed Deputy Director at the Dover Public Library. They discuss Falconer's background and career at the library, from starting as the Children's Librarian in 2016 to her new leadership role. Falconer talks about the library's focus on community outreach and eng...

In this episode of the Dover Download podcast, Deputy City Manager Christopher Parker chats with Jackson Kaspari, the city's Resilience Manager and board member for Community Power New Hampshire, and Henry Herndon, the Member Services Director at Community Power New Hampshire, about the recent rollout of the community power program in Dover. They discuss how community power allows the city to...

In this episode of the Dover Download podcast, Deputy City Manager Christopher Parker chats with Chad Kageleiry, a longtime real estate developer in Dover. Kageleiry discusses growing up in Dover, getting started in real estate by buying and fixing up small properties, and gradually expanding into larger commercial and residential projects over his 35-year career. He talks about some of his most s...

In this episode of the Dover Download podcast, Deputy City Manager Christopher Parker chats with Katherine Ferguson-Iacovelli from Snapology, a child-enrichment center focused on STEM education through classes, camps, and creative play, and Kristen French from Gallivant Global Eatery, a globally-inspired restaurant specializing in brunch. They discuss the challenges of navigating permits and regul...

In this episode of the Dover Download podcast, Deputy City Manager Christopher Parker chats with Superintendent of Schools Dr. William Harbron about starting up another school year in Dover. They discuss Dr. Harbron's seven years as Superintendent, changes being implemented this year, such as further development of multi-tiered systems of support, meeting students' social-emotional and men...

In this episode of the Dover Download podcast, Deputy City Manager Christopher Parker chats with Dover Police Lt. Marn Speidel about pedestrian and traffic safety in Dover. They discuss the role of the Transportation Advisory Commission (TAC) in fielding requests and concerns from residents about traffic issues, the role of crosswalks, criteria for new crosswalks, traffic calming measures like spe...

In this episode of the Dover Download podcast, Deputy City Manager Christopher Parker chats with Deputy Mayor Dennis Shanahan and the City of Dover's Environmental Projects Manager Gretchen Young about the city's efforts to establish a stormwater utility. They discuss how stormwater is currently managed and funded in Dover, as well as the need for a dedicated funding source to improve stor...

In this episode of Dover Download, Deputy City Manager Christopher Parker discusses the benefits of composting with Dover's Solid Waste Coordinator Mike Moore, and Resilience Manager Jackson Kaspari. Composting diverts organic waste from landfills and reduces methane emissions. Dover collects over 1,000 tons of yard waste and thousands of pounds of food waste each year. Moore and Kaspari expla...

In this episode of Dover Download, Deputy City Manager Christopher Parker catches up with Aaron Daniel Williams, a resident of Dover for about a year. Williams also recently concluded the third season of his Your City podcast, which features Dover. Williams reflects on his first year in Dover and what he learned about the city from his podcast. The podcast is available on YouTube at https://www.yo...

In this episode of Dover Download, Deputy City Manager Christopher Parker chats with Erin Bassegio, the Planning Department's Outreach Coordinator, and Steve Whitman of Resilience Planning, about the recently completed draft of the Vision chapter of the city's Master Plan. The Vision chapter of the Master Plan captures the community's long-term view of Dover. The Planning Board will re...

In this episode of Dover Download, Deputy City Manager Christopher Parker chats with Colleen Bessette, the Executive Assistant to the City Manager, and Ann Legere, the city's Deputy Finance Director, about what it's like to work for the city for more than two decades. Both women have worked for the City of Dover for about 25 years. In This Week in Dover History, we look back at a Civil War...

In this episode of Dover Download, Deputy City Manager Christopher Parker chats with Otis Perry, a longtime volunteer who has served on a variety of Dover's many boards and commissions, including the City Council. He currently serves on the Zoning Board of Adjustment. In This Week in Dover History, we look back at the history of the annual fireworks display in Dover.

In this episode of Dover Download, Deputy City Manager Christopher Parker chats with Hope Anderson from the Greater Dover Chamber of Commerce about this year's lineup for the Cochecho Arts Festival. The popular summer concert series begins this week and is teaming up with Dover400 to help continue Dover's 400th-anniversary celebration. In This Week in Dover History, our final look back to...

In this episode of Dover Download, Deputy City Manager Christopher Parker chats with Ryan Pope, who the Planning Department recently hired as a housing navigator. The new position is funded by a grant from InvestNH and aims to increase the housing supply by helping communities overcome barriers to regulatory reforms. The housing navigator provides financial and technical assistance to municipaliti...