Recent Press
Smart City Infrastructure brought to MHT
Good morning Manchester, New Hampshire, and congratulations on becoming the first city in the state to bring in Smart City infrastructure in the form of a Soofa sign, which quietly arrived yesterday. This sign is installed outside of 848 Elm Street, adjoining the Cat Crosswalk…..
The Factory on Willow set to welcome first tenants next month
Elizabeth Hitchcock is ready to start leasing the first of 61 studio apartments inside a renovated mill building on Willow Street, but she knows there’s still a lot of work to be done.
She dreams of the space being used by residents and the public such as a café, outdoor amphitheater and incubator space for small boutique shops.
Creating Community & Building Belonging:
A Conversation
A Conversation about New Hampshire's crisis of belonging among young people -- with friends including former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig, Chadwick Stokes, Stephen Kellogg, Alli Beaudry and more!
How This Independent Bookstore in NH Became a Hot Spot for Presidential Hopefuls
Their disembodied heads--larger than life--float in the storefront window. Biden. Klobuchar. Sanders. Buttigieg. One day "Chasten Buttigieg came by, and I was chatting with him," says Liz Hitchcock, co-owner of Bookery Manchester. "He said it is just so weird to see my husband's big face in the window."
Beyond Dyn
For most of its existence, Dyn was the type of tech firm everyone in NH wanted to replicate. A fast-growing company known as a cool employer of young talent, Dyn was absorbed by Oracle in 2016 when it was reportedly purchased for more than $600 million. (The Manchester location officially closes this month.) But that’s not to say there aren’t traces of its innovation still to be found
Downtown Mural Project Adds Color to Queen City
The new mural downtown is hard to miss. Colorful and fun, depicting musicians jamming out, it’s as if a concert at the nearby Rex Theatre has spilled into the street. The mural on Amherst Street is everything Liz Hitchcock hoped it would be…
Manchester Mill Building Eyed for Rebirth
A former mill building where workers first made shoes and later circuit boards now is being envisioned for artists and others to live and work in the same space. Liz Hitchcock and Amy Chhom are in the process of buying the former Cohas Shoe Factory building at 252 Willow St. to create up to 60 residential units for people looking for loft space….
Dyn Veterans Join Minim Executive Team
The Dyn sign atop a Millyard building is long gone, replaced by that of a tech giant whose investment in Manchester appears to be waning.But the DNA that attracted Oracle to acquire the Queen City company remains — spread out as Dyn veterans join other tech companies or create new ones…
A dreamers’ hangout
Jeremy and Liz Hitchcock see a natural affinity between entrepreneurial endeavors and nonprofit organizations: Both tend to be powered by people who want to solve problems, who see possibilities, who believe they can change the world. The place where nonprofits and entrepreneurs come together is, in Jeremy Hitchcock’s words, “where the dreamers hang out.” The Hitchcocks are not your typical thirtysomethings….
How a 19th-Century Town Became a New Millennium Marvel
“For a fast-growing company like us, we just love the mills because it’s a palette in which you can do almost anything,” says Jeremy Hitchcock, CEO of Dyn, an Internet performance company..