You can be the first to occupy NeighborWorks Greater Manchester’s beautifully renovated apartments in the West Granite neighborhood.
With rents starting at $925 per month, heat and hot water included, you can reside in the West Side’s most attractive apartments that include all of the modern amenities, including granite counter tops, stainless steel appliances, ceramic tile [...]

If you’ve ever dreamed of becoming an owner-occupant landlord, you’ll find no better opportunity than in the West Granite neighborhood.
Four properties—including three multifamilies and one single family—recently revitalized by NeighborWorks Greater Manchester are now on the market. All of the properties have been completely remodeled and feature all of the modern amenities prized by today’s home buyer, [...]

Justin Cross/photos
The weather might not have cooperated, but the rain didn’t put a damper on the spirits of those attending the West Granite Neighborhood Revitalization Celebration on June 9.
Neighborhood residents, stakeholders and interested residents from across the state joined NeighborWorks Greater Manchester in celebrating the renovation of four neighborhood properties: 410 Granite St., 414 Granite [...]

The corner of Granite and West streets is almost unrecognizable compared to this time last year.
Gone are the dilapidated multi-family facades that attracted trash, graffiti and occasional criminal behavior. In their place are four completely renovated properties that herald the coming resurgence of the West Granite neighborhood.
To celebrate, NeighborWorks Greater Manchester will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony [...]

Join internationally-known “walkability” expert  Dan Burden on Wednesday, May 4, as he completes a walking tour of the West Granite neighborhood to identify both strengths and areas for improvement to increase neighborhood walkability, safety, and access to key destinations.
The walking tour will meet in Sweeney Park at 9:20 a.m. and will conclude by 11:30 a.m. Please RSVP to [...]

Tom Krebs/photos
The West Granite Revitalization Initiative is currently transforming the intersection of Granite and West streets, taking four multi-family properties down to the studs and renovating them so that they are, in essence, brand new buildings.
And while these properties will include all the attractive modern amenities—things like granite countertops, hardwood floors and energy efficient appliances [...]

Homes built more than a century ago aren’t generally known for their energy efficiency. But by the time the West Granite properties acquired by NeighborWorks Greater Manchester are fully rehabbed this spring, they will be a lot greener than most homes their age.
Gone is the bare wood underneath thin layers of siding. When new siding [...]

A “demolition tea party” was held Monday, Dec. 20, at the William B. Cashin Senior Center in conjunction with the removal of the six-family building at 159-161 Douglas St.:

The property is one of seven purchased by NeighborWorks Greater Manchester using federal funds made available through the Neighborhood Stabilization Program.

NSP, as the program is known, is [...]

When the sun rose last Thursday morning, the two-family property at 406 Granite St. was standing as it had every day since it was built in 1890:

But as the day wore on, the abandoned property, which had long since fallen into disrepair, was methodically torn down:

Until, by the end of the day, all that remained [...]

And so the revitalization of Manchester’s West Granite neighborhood begins:

Last week saw fencing encircle the NeighborWorks Greater Manchester-owned properties at 406 Granite St., 410 Granite St., 414 Granite St. and 53 West St. in preparation for the first stages of these properties’ physical transformation: abatement and demolition.
As these buildings are all more than 100 years [...]

NeighborWorks Greater Manchester acquired its seventh property in the West Granite neighborhood earlier this month, buying the three-family building at 6 Dubuque St., across the street from Fritzie’s Market:

The local neighborhood revitalization nonprofit bought the property using federal Neighborhood Stabilization Program funds, with which it used to purchase six other neighborhood multifamily buildings.

[...]

Neither rain nor cold could stop the June 10 groundbreaking for the revitalization of the West Granite neighborhood.
Held in conjunction with National NeighborWorks Week 2010 and the annual NeighborFest event, the West Granite groundbreaking ceremony was held at 414 Granite St., one of six neighborhood properties that will be redeveloped by NeighborWorks Greater Manchester as [...]

Nearly four years in the making, the physical revitalization of the West Granite neighborhood will kick off on Thursday, June 10, with a groundbreaking ceremony at 414 Granite St.
All neighborhood residents, property owners, business owners, employees and other stakeholders are encouraged to attend the groundbreaking ceremony which will be followed by a free barbecue [...]

Whenever the Manchester Police Department’s SWAT team is called in, it’s usually because there’s a situation — a bad situation. But when the SWAT team descended on the West Granite neighborhood last week, it was, as they say, “only a test.”
But had you been inside 159 Douglas St. last Monday afternoon, what you would have [...]

When NeighborWorks Greater Manchester first began working with West Granite residents in the fall of 2006 to improve the neighborhood, there was one neighborhood property that stood out as the area’s most neglected property and biggest eyesore:

Nearly three-and-a-half years later, on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010, NeighborWorks Greater Manchester was able to purchase 406 Granite St. [...]

Help ensure the West Granite neighborhood receives its share of federal money to fund neighborhood revitalization and infrastructure projects by attending a neighborhood hearing at the William B. Cashin Senior Center, 151 Douglas St., at 7 p.m., Wed., Feb. 24.
The City of Manchester receives an average of $3 million annually from the U.S. Department of [...]

NeighborWorks Greater Manchester announced today that the organization is a recipient of a 2009 Housing for Everyone Award from the TD Charitable Foundation.
The nonprofit organization is being recognized by TD Bank for its efforts to revitalize Manchester’s West Granite neighborhood, a neighborhood that has experienced significant decline in recent years due to a high rate [...]

If knowledge is power, then a new online crime mapping service offered by the Manchester Police Department could make West Granite residents very powerful indeed.
Manchester Police Chief David Mara announced this morning that the Manchester Police Department has launched Crimemapping.com to provide the public with valuable information about recent crime activity in the city. Criminal activity [...]

Manchester’s official day to trick or treat might  have been this past Sunday, Oct. 25, but Parker Street resident Phil Greazzo is sponsoring a neighborhood Halloween celebration on Halloween itself.
“Halloween has been stolen from the children of our city and it’s time something was done to restore the holiday to its rightful place on Manchester’s [...]

NeighborWorks Greater Manchester® announced today that it has acquired the three-family property at 53 West Street:

This West Street triple decker is the fourth such neighborhood property acquired by the Manchester, NH, neighborhood revitalization nonprofit using monies made available through the Neighborhood Stabilization Program.

NSP, as the program is known, is part of last fall’s federal stimulus [...]

More than 30 residents and other neighborhood stakeholders came together on August 25 at the William B. Cashin Senior Center to share their thoughts and concerns regarding the revitalization of the West Granite neighborhood.
Sponsored by NeighborWorks® Greater Manchester, this revitalization planning meeting was held to determine what, exactly, neighborhood stakeholders want to see happen during [...]

Editor’s note: The following was originally published in the New Hampshire Union Leader’s Good Neighbors column on July 24, 2009.
Manchester might not be known for amber waves of grain, but the city does have a growing local food movement, which this summer spread to an unlikely location: the West Granite neighborhood.
This dense urban neighborhood on [...]

In 2008, residents of the West Granite neighborhood called the Manchester Police Department more than 1,000 times.
According a neighborhood crime report from the department, incidents reported by residents include  parking complaints (97), requests for special attention to the neighborhood (53), noise complaints (22), loud music (18), domestic violence (53), criminal mischief (22), fights (20), disorderly [...]

Change is coming to the West Granite neighborhood.
NeighborWorks® Greater Manchester, a local neighborhood revitalization nonprofit, recently received $2.53 million Neighborhood Stabilization Program funds to acquire and rehab foreclosed and abandoned properties ( download Union Leader article here), which will then be resold to owner occupants. In some cases, acquired properties could be demolished to create [...]

The annual celebration known as NeighborFest was held in the West Granite neighborhood on Sat., June 6.
The day began with a neighborhood cleanup (left):

Nearby Sweeney Park was also beautified during this time. West Street resident Diane Bourque oversaw this endeavor, which saw new mulch spread and flowers planted:

Several park benches were also scraped and re-painted [...]

When Claude Venne moved to the West Granite neighborhood in the mid-1950s, he said the area was quiet and populated primarily by owner-occupants. He can’t say that anymore.
The neighborhood’s character began to change, he said, during the economic downturn of the late 1980s and early 1990s, when a national recession and local bank turmoil combined [...]

Imagine your ideal neighborhood. What does it look like? What happens there? Who lives, works and plays there?
What kind of parks and other recreation space is available? What kind of stores and businesses are located there? How do people get to and from the neighborhood?
NeighborWorks® Greater Manchester wants to know.

From 6-8 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. [...]

Imagine your ideal neighborhood. What does it look like? What happens there? Who lives, works and plays there?
What kind of parks and other recreation space is available? What kind of stores and businesses are located there? How do people get to and from the neighborhood?
NeighborWorks® Greater Manchester wants to know.

From 6-8 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. [...]

The annual celebration known as NeighborFest was held in the West Granite neighborhood on Sat., June 6.
The day began with a neighborhood cleanup (left):

Nearby Sweeney Park was also beautified during this time. West Street resident Diane Bourque oversaw this endeavor, which saw new mulch spread and flowers planted:

Several park benches were also scraped and re-painted [...]

Manchester’s official day to trick or treat might  have been this past Sunday, Oct. 25, but Parker Street resident Phil Greazzo is sponsoring a neighborhood Halloween celebration on Halloween itself.
“Halloween has been stolen from the children of our city and it’s time something was done to restore the holiday to its rightful place on Manchester’s [...]

Join internationally-known “walkability” expert  Dan Burden on Wednesday, May 4, as he completes a walking tour of the West Granite neighborhood to identify both strengths and areas for improvement to increase neighborhood walkability, safety, and access to key destinations.
The walking tour will meet in Sweeney Park at 9:20 a.m. and will conclude by 11:30 a.m. Please RSVP to [...]

The corner of Granite and West streets is almost unrecognizable compared to this time last year.
Gone are the dilapidated multi-family facades that attracted trash, graffiti and occasional criminal behavior. In their place are four completely renovated properties that herald the coming resurgence of the West Granite neighborhood.
To celebrate, NeighborWorks Greater Manchester will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony [...]

Justin Cross/photos
The weather might not have cooperated, but the rain didn’t put a damper on the spirits of those attending the West Granite Neighborhood Revitalization Celebration on June 9.
Neighborhood residents, stakeholders and interested residents from across the state joined NeighborWorks Greater Manchester in celebrating the renovation of four neighborhood properties: 410 Granite St., 414 Granite [...]

When Claude Venne moved to the West Granite neighborhood in the mid-1950s, he said the area was quiet and populated primarily by owner-occupants. He can’t say that anymore.
The neighborhood’s character began to change, he said, during the economic downturn of the late 1980s and early 1990s, when a national recession and local bank turmoil combined [...]

The annual celebration known as NeighborFest was held in the West Granite neighborhood on Sat., June 6.
The day began with a neighborhood cleanup (left):

Nearby Sweeney Park was also beautified during this time. West Street resident Diane Bourque oversaw this endeavor, which saw new mulch spread and flowers planted:

Several park benches were also scraped and re-painted [...]

Change is coming to the West Granite neighborhood.
NeighborWorks® Greater Manchester, a local neighborhood revitalization nonprofit, recently received $2.53 million Neighborhood Stabilization Program funds to acquire and rehab foreclosed and abandoned properties ( download Union Leader article here), which will then be resold to owner occupants. In some cases, acquired properties could be demolished to create [...]

In 2008, residents of the West Granite neighborhood called the Manchester Police Department more than 1,000 times.
According a neighborhood crime report from the department, incidents reported by residents include  parking complaints (97), requests for special attention to the neighborhood (53), noise complaints (22), loud music (18), domestic violence (53), criminal mischief (22), fights (20), disorderly [...]

Editor’s note: The following was originally published in the New Hampshire Union Leader’s Good Neighbors column on July 24, 2009.
Manchester might not be known for amber waves of grain, but the city does have a growing local food movement, which this summer spread to an unlikely location: the West Granite neighborhood.
This dense urban neighborhood on [...]

More than 30 residents and other neighborhood stakeholders came together on August 25 at the William B. Cashin Senior Center to share their thoughts and concerns regarding the revitalization of the West Granite neighborhood.
Sponsored by NeighborWorks® Greater Manchester, this revitalization planning meeting was held to determine what, exactly, neighborhood stakeholders want to see happen during [...]

NeighborWorks Greater Manchester® announced today that it has acquired the three-family property at 53 West Street:

This West Street triple decker is the fourth such neighborhood property acquired by the Manchester, NH, neighborhood revitalization nonprofit using monies made available through the Neighborhood Stabilization Program.

NSP, as the program is known, is part of last fall’s federal stimulus [...]

If knowledge is power, then a new online crime mapping service offered by the Manchester Police Department could make West Granite residents very powerful indeed.
Manchester Police Chief David Mara announced this morning that the Manchester Police Department has launched Crimemapping.com to provide the public with valuable information about recent crime activity in the city. Criminal activity [...]

NeighborWorks Greater Manchester announced today that the organization is a recipient of a 2009 Housing for Everyone Award from the TD Charitable Foundation.
The nonprofit organization is being recognized by TD Bank for its efforts to revitalize Manchester’s West Granite neighborhood, a neighborhood that has experienced significant decline in recent years due to a high rate [...]

Help ensure the West Granite neighborhood receives its share of federal money to fund neighborhood revitalization and infrastructure projects by attending a neighborhood hearing at the William B. Cashin Senior Center, 151 Douglas St., at 7 p.m., Wed., Feb. 24.
The City of Manchester receives an average of $3 million annually from the U.S. Department of [...]

When NeighborWorks Greater Manchester first began working with West Granite residents in the fall of 2006 to improve the neighborhood, there was one neighborhood property that stood out as the area’s most neglected property and biggest eyesore:

Nearly three-and-a-half years later, on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010, NeighborWorks Greater Manchester was able to purchase 406 Granite St. [...]

Whenever the Manchester Police Department’s SWAT team is called in, it’s usually because there’s a situation — a bad situation. But when the SWAT team descended on the West Granite neighborhood last week, it was, as they say, “only a test.”
But had you been inside 159 Douglas St. last Monday afternoon, what you would have [...]

Nearly four years in the making, the physical revitalization of the West Granite neighborhood will kick off on Thursday, June 10, with a groundbreaking ceremony at 414 Granite St.
All neighborhood residents, property owners, business owners, employees and other stakeholders are encouraged to attend the groundbreaking ceremony which will be followed by a free barbecue [...]

Neither rain nor cold could stop the June 10 groundbreaking for the revitalization of the West Granite neighborhood.
Held in conjunction with National NeighborWorks Week 2010 and the annual NeighborFest event, the West Granite groundbreaking ceremony was held at 414 Granite St., one of six neighborhood properties that will be redeveloped by NeighborWorks Greater Manchester as [...]

NeighborWorks Greater Manchester acquired its seventh property in the West Granite neighborhood earlier this month, buying the three-family building at 6 Dubuque St., across the street from Fritzie’s Market:

The local neighborhood revitalization nonprofit bought the property using federal Neighborhood Stabilization Program funds, with which it used to purchase six other neighborhood multifamily buildings.

[...]

And so the revitalization of Manchester’s West Granite neighborhood begins:

Last week saw fencing encircle the NeighborWorks Greater Manchester-owned properties at 406 Granite St., 410 Granite St., 414 Granite St. and 53 West St. in preparation for the first stages of these properties’ physical transformation: abatement and demolition.
As these buildings are all more than 100 years [...]

When the sun rose last Thursday morning, the two-family property at 406 Granite St. was standing as it had every day since it was built in 1890:

But as the day wore on, the abandoned property, which had long since fallen into disrepair, was methodically torn down:

Until, by the end of the day, all that remained [...]

A “demolition tea party” was held Monday, Dec. 20, at the William B. Cashin Senior Center in conjunction with the removal of the six-family building at 159-161 Douglas St.:

The property is one of seven purchased by NeighborWorks Greater Manchester using federal funds made available through the Neighborhood Stabilization Program.

NSP, as the program is known, is [...]

Homes built more than a century ago aren’t generally known for their energy efficiency. But by the time the West Granite properties acquired by NeighborWorks Greater Manchester are fully rehabbed this spring, they will be a lot greener than most homes their age.
Gone is the bare wood underneath thin layers of siding. When new siding [...]

Tom Krebs/photos
The West Granite Revitalization Initiative is currently transforming the intersection of Granite and West streets, taking four multi-family properties down to the studs and renovating them so that they are, in essence, brand new buildings.
And while these properties will include all the attractive modern amenities—things like granite countertops, hardwood floors and energy efficient appliances [...]

If you’ve ever dreamed of becoming an owner-occupant landlord, you’ll find no better opportunity than in the West Granite neighborhood.
Four properties—including three multifamilies and one single family—recently revitalized by NeighborWorks Greater Manchester are now on the market. All of the properties have been completely remodeled and feature all of the modern amenities prized by today’s home buyer, [...]

You can be the first to occupy NeighborWorks Greater Manchester’s beautifully renovated apartments in the West Granite neighborhood.
With rents starting at $925 per month, heat and hot water included, you can reside in the West Side’s most attractive apartments that include all of the modern amenities, including granite counter tops, stainless steel appliances, ceramic tile [...]

When Claude Venne moved to the West Granite neighborhood in the mid-1950s, he said the area was quiet and populated primarily by owner-occupants. He can’t say that anymore.
The neighborhood’s character began to change, he said, during the economic downturn of the late 1980s and early 1990s, when a national recession and local bank turmoil combined [...]

The annual celebration known as NeighborFest was held in the West Granite neighborhood on Sat., June 6.
The day began with a neighborhood cleanup (left):

Nearby Sweeney Park was also beautified during this time. West Street resident Diane Bourque oversaw this endeavor, which saw new mulch spread and flowers planted:

Several park benches were also scraped and re-painted [...]

Change is coming to the West Granite neighborhood.
NeighborWorks® Greater Manchester, a local neighborhood revitalization nonprofit, recently received $2.53 million Neighborhood Stabilization Program funds to acquire and rehab foreclosed and abandoned properties ( download Union Leader article here), which will then be resold to owner occupants. In some cases, acquired properties could be demolished to create [...]