"Communities and Consequences" showing on NHPTV's NH OUTLOOK

(DURHAM, April 10, 2008) - How did the Granite State get so gray? Is New Hampshire slowly committing economic suicide? A demographic imbalance is a threat to our state's "human ecology" and could have dire consequences, according to Communities and Consequences, a provocative new independent film airing on New Hampshire Public Television Monday, April 14 @ 8 p.m. and Wednesday, April 16 @ 9 p.m. The documentary examines how community decisions are fueling unbalanced growth and a frightening demographic shift, with unintended results.

The film confronts and questions many long-held myths that have heavily influenced local development decisions, including those of explosive population growth, the aging of New Hampshire as simply a natural trend, and the beliefthat families with children will increase property taxes. Award-winning filmmakerJay Childs travels with expert demographer Peter Francese to communities across New Hampshire to talk to business owners, town officials, young professionals and active citizens about the causes and consequences of a rapidly aging state.