City Of Manchester

The City of Manchester, New Hampshire, acting through its City Clerk Department (Office of The City Clerk), is a municipal government entity that has received four federal grants totaling $20.3 million across transportation, smart city infrastructure, and community development programs, with performance as a grant recipient (71% of awards as prime recipient) and as a sub-recipient on state-administered transportation sub-grants.

As a political subdivision of New Hampshire, the City of Manchester competes for and receives federal transportation and infrastructure funding without set-aside designation. The vendor's customer base is concentrated in the Department of Transportation, which accounts for five of seven awards across the Federal Highway Administration and the Immediate Office of the Secretary of Transportation. The Department of Housing and Urban Development Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development and the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science each account for one award. The top four customer agencies cover 100% of recorded awards.

Recent grant work includes a $2.0 million Project Grant from the Department of Transportation's Immediate Office of the Secretary under the Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) Grants Program (CFDA 20.941), awarded May 15, 2025, for smart city and transportation technology demonstration planning and prototyping through November 14, 2026. A $600,000 Project Grant from the Federal Highway Administration under the Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) program (CFDA 20.939), awarded May 27, 2026, funds development and implementation of a Citywide Mobility and Transportation Plan incorporating safe bicycling, walking, micro-mobility, and transit access through November 27, 2028. An earlier $50.0 million infrastructure grant from the Federal Highway Administration under the Rebuilding American Infrastructure and Equity Program (RAISE Manchester: Connecting Communities) was awarded June 22, 2022, with ultimate completion through June 30, 2029. The City also received an economic development initiative grant from HUD under community project funding authorization through August 31, 2032, awarded August 13, 2024, with project scope defined through Congressional Record designation and subsequent project narrative submission.

In its sub-recipient role, Manchester has received two sub-grants from the New Hampshire Department of Transportation for Elm Street Downtown Pedestrian Infrastructure Improvements, awarded March 12, 2025, and May 19, 2026. Activity has accelerated in the past two years — one award each in 2022 and 2024, followed by two awards in 2025 and two in 2026. One award reaches completion within the next twenty-four months.