Chris Dwyer - City Council
Chris Dwyer's interview and profile on seacoastonline.com
Chris Dwyer's City Council Profile on Seacoastonline.com
Information taken from Dwyer for City Council mailer
Since Election to the Portsmouth City Council in 2005:
- Served on the Planning Board, Joint Budget Committee, Building Re-Use Committee, Safe Routes to School Committee, Steering Committee for Middle School Study Circles, and Central Fire Station Public Art Committee
Committed to:
- Professional, responsive City government - Strong and up-to-date municipal systems
- A responsible budget process
- A diverse economic base
- Wise development that includes work force housing
- Appropriate re-use of City-owned buildings and spaces
- Capitalizing on the Seacoast's creative economy
- Implementing the ten-year City of Portsmouth Master Plan, adopted in 2005
- Redevelopment of the middle school on Parrott Avenue
- Involving more residents in Portsmouth's civic life
Experience:
- Member, Blue Ribbon Commission on Arts and Culture, Chair of Art-Speak Board (Portsmouth's Cultural Commission)
- Chair, Board of Directors, The Music Hall (four years)
- Member, Board of Directors and Treasurer, Currier Museum of Art
- Appointed by both Republican and Democratic governors to lead the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts
- Member, Board of the New Hampshire Center for Non-Profits and Board of the New Hampshire Business Committee for the Arts
- Management of corporate and large project budgets
- Elementary and college level educator in New Hampshire
- Worked with diverse groups to collaborate and build consensus
About Chris Dwyer:
A graduate of Mount Holyoke College (1969), I earned a Masters Degree from the University of New Hampshire (1972). I have spent my entire work life in New Hampshire, moving to the Seacoast in 1978 after teaching in the North Country. I am co-owner of RMC Research Corporation, a 130-person research and evaluation firm headquartered in Portsmouth. My work involves school reform, education and cultural policy, literacy and early childhood education, and media development. Since 1985, Michael Huxtable and I have lived in the Little Harbour Neighborhood and are committed to Portsmouth.