Round and Round We Go! Manchester's New Downtown Circulator

Submitted by Dick C, GSA [Canterbury Shaker Village Class 2002]

Hey GSAs, residents, and visitors alike, have you heard about the new “Free Downtown Circulator”?  It runs every day in downtown Manchester from 7:00 am until 7:10 pm.  Leaving from Veteran’s Park bus stop (a few steps from our Welcome Center at the corner of Merrimack & Elm Streets), it continues north along Elm Street to Spring Street then west on Spring Street into the Millyard’s Commercial Street, then north to West Brook Street, east on West Brook Street to Elm Street and then south on Elm Street back to Spring Street where it again enters the Millyard but heads South this time to Granite Street.  It then heads east on Granite Street to Elm Street where is turns north and stops at Veteran’s Park where it then begins another loop.

It runs every 20 minutes and stops at the regular bus stops on Elm Street and anywhere “you” want to get on or off on Commercial Street, West Brook Street and Granite Street.  What an excellent way to see downtown Manchester and the Millyard.  One can access the Millyard Museum, SEE Science Center, Fisher Cats’ Stadium, Fratello’s Restaurant, the City’s art gallery at the Rines Center, restaurants in the vicinity of Bridge and Elm Streets or maybe just a way to cool off on a hot day in downtown (or warm up in the Winter months).