Concord NH Real Estate   by Chris Chamberlain

in Real Estate / Buying a Home    (submitted 2011-04-23)

The city of Concord is the capital of the state of New Hampshire. It has a population of 42,695 people and has a total area of 67.5 square miles.
Concord lies fully within the Merrimack River watershed, and is centered on the river, which runs from northwest to southeast through the city. Downtown is located on a low terrace to the west of the river, with residential neighborhoods climbing hills to the west and extending southwards towards the town of Bow. Concord’s downtown area is very historic and hosts a venue of restaurants and shops on Main Street. On the north end of Main Street is the Pierce Mansion, where President Franklin Pierce lived before and following his presidency.
Interstate 89 and Interstate 93 are the two main Interstate highways serving Concord, and join just south of the city limits. Interstate 89 links Concord with Lebanon and the state of Vermont to the north and west, while Interstate 93 connects the city to points north the White Mountains and to the south Manchester and Boston.
Concord has a four-season climate with cold snowy winters and warm summers, spring and autumn are crisp and brief transitions.
Concord is governed via the mayor-council system. The city council consists of fourteen members, ten of which are elected from single-member wards, while the other four are elected at large. The mayor is elected directly every two years.
Concord has seven public elementary schools, one public middle school, and one public high school. Concord has two Catholic schools, Bishop Brady High School and St John Regional School. Other private schools include Concord Christian Academy, parker Academy, Trinity Christian School, Shaker Road School, and St. Paul’s School.
Concord is also home to the University of New Hampshire School of Law, New Hampshire Technical Institute, and a branch of Hesser College, Concord campus.
Concord has one daily newspaper, The Concord Monitor, and two weekly newspapers, The Concord Insider and The Hippo.
New Hampshire Public Radio is headquartered in Concord and there are several other radio stations operated in Concord.

Concord hosts many historical sites along with points of interests. They include the Capital Center for the Arts, The New Hampshire Historical Society, the McAuliffe-Shepard discovery Center and a planetarium named after Christa McAuliffe, the Concord teacher who died during the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster in 1986. Concord is the home of the Granit State Symphony Orchestra. Beaver Meadow Golf Course, located in the northern part of Concord, is the oldest golf course in the state of New Hampshire

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