New Hampshire Business Review - September-15 2017

September 15, 2017

NH Business Review Staff

UK sustainable investment firm to acquire New Hampshire-based Pax

Bob Sanders,

Deal ‘puts us in a nice situation for expansion,’ says Portsmouth-based firm’s CEO

NH Army National Guard Regional Training Institute and Barracks

NH Business Review Staff,

Confronting challenges, Eckman Construction exceeds expectations

Q&A with Goodwin Community Health CEO Janet Laatsch

Michael McCord,

Janet Laatsch, CEO of Goodwin Community Health in Somersworth is helping to oversee the merger of her organization with Portsmouth-based Families First Health & Support Center.

Energy, collaboration and commitment fuel downtown Nashua’s revival

Liisa Rajala,

Businesses, organizations and City Hall work toward a common goal

‘Behind the curve’ on imports

Bob Sanders,

Why is NH’s foreign trade zone so underused?

Planning, zoning rules faulted for housing woes

Michael Kitch,

Seen as key contributors to NH’s limited supply

No rest for the weary

Brad Cook,

What lawmakers are doing when you think they are home

Will the can kick back?

Tom Sedoric, Casey Snyder,

Brewing generational tensions explain the current economic landscape

Let’s protect hospital workers

June Garen,

New Hampshire can do more to address violence at facilities

Where’s the public in the ‘public health crisis’?

Bernadette Gleeson,

During the 2016 election cycle, the opiate crisis and addiction in New Hampshire was the No. 1 voting issue, and has now officially been deemed a “public health crisis.” However, it is the only public health crisis that I am…

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