Dover Download

In this episode of Dover Download, Deputy City Manager Christopher Parker chats with City Attorney Joshua Wyatt about the role and duties of a municipal city attorney, and takes a deep dive into the City of Dover's charter. The charter is Dover's most significant legal document, which defines the organization, powers, functions and essential procedures of the city government.  For more inform...

In this episode of Dover Download, Deputy City Manager Christopher Parker chats with Community Services Director John Storer and Environmental Projects Manager Gretchen Young about the city's water resources. They discuss work to protect the city's aquifers, the construction of a new treatment plant to remove per- and polyfluorinated substances (PFAS) from the Pudding Hill aquifer, and how drought...

In this episode of Dover Download, Deputy City Manager Christopher Parker chats with Rad Nichols, the executive director of the Cooperative Alliance for Seacoast Transportation about the COAST mission, the role of public transit, state funding, and COAST's future plans. When a United States president addressed a crowd in Dover from a public square in 1902, he drew thousands to the city. Find out w...

In this episode of Dover Download, Deputy City Manager Christopher Parker chats with Jackson Kaspari, the City of Dover's Resilience Manager. Kaspari discuses how the City of Dover is supporting a commitment to become a more resilient community, and the Resilient Dover initiative.  Conscription of soldiers was first used during the Civil War, and Dover saw many of its men drafted. Find out ho...

In this episode of Dover Download, Deputy City Manager Christopher Parker chats with Planning Board Chair Gina Cruikshank and Director of Planning and Community Development Donna Benton about development in Dover and the role of the Dover Planning Board, following up on last week's episode about the planning process in Dover. In 1925, more than 20,000 people flocked to Dover to witness the unveili...

In this episode of Dover Download, Deputy City Manager Christopher Parker chats with Director of Planning and Community Development Donna Benton about the planning process for projects before the Planning Board, including departmental review by city staff and the Technical Review Committee process. Also discussed are some of the upcoming projects before the Planning Board or already approved. Did...

In this episode of Dover Download, Deputy City Manager Christopher Parker chats with Dover Housing Authority Executive Director Ryan Crosby about the DHA mission, as well as the need for more attainable housing. In This Week in Dover History, Dover's Director of Media Services, Mike Gillis, revisits Dover's remarkable Marilla Marks Ricker, a woman of many firsts.

In this episode of Dover Download, Deputy City Manager Christopher Parker chats with Kevin McEneaney and Sam Allen, the president and vice president of Dover400, about what the nonprofit committee is planning for Dover's 400th anniversary in 2023, including a special event on the eve of the new year.  In This Week in Dover History, Dover's Director of Media Services, Mike Gillis, revisits the...

In this episode of Dover Download, Recreation Director Gary Bannon chats with Deputy City Manager Christopher Parker about how Dover's McConnell Center transitioned from a former school to a successful community center. The McConnell Center now boasts a variety of nonprofit organizations, as well as city and school facilities, including the Butterfield Gym, Fitness Center and Community Senior Cent...

The annual Cochecho Arts Festival enters its 36th year this week, on Friday, July 8, with the Headliner Series performance by the Compaq Big Band. In this episode of Dover Download, Deputy City Manager Christopher Parker chats with Greater Dover Chamber of Commerce President Margaret Joyce and Community Events Manager Hope Anderson about what's lined up for this year's festival, including a new co...

Dover's Recreation programs and services are well regarded throughout the community and beyond. Much of that is thanks to Gary Bannon, the City of Dover's Recreation Director. In this episode, Bannon, who has been with the City of Dover for more than three decades, chats with Deputy City Manager Christopher Parker about Dover's Recreation Department, its programs and services, and what the future...

With spring and summer comes a bloom in road work, including citywide paving projects. In this episode of Dover Download, Deputy City Manager Christopher Parker and Director of Community Services John Storer discuss this year's paving projects and infrastructure projects, including the water system work on north Central Avenue, and Washington and Main streets. Storer also provides an update on wor...

In this episode of Dover Download, Deputy City Manager Christopher Parker discusses what's happening at the Dover Public Library with Library Director Denise Lafrance, including the Library's new roof and future plans to address space needs. 

In this episode of Dover Download, Deputy City Manager Christopher Parker discusses development plans for the city's waterfront property with this week's guests: Dana Lynch, chair of the Cochecho Waterfront Development Advisory Committee, and Steve Bird, a longtime city planner who still helps manage the project for the City of Dover. To learn more about the waterfront project, visit https://www.d...

Watch for the City of Dover, New Hampshire's new podcast, Dover Download, a weekly look at what's happening in your city. Each episode is hosted by Deputy City Manager Christopher Parker, who takes a deeper dive into the services, programs and projects throughout the city.