USDA survey says NH farmland value up 3.4%
Increase is second biggest in Northeast
Author: Jeff Feingold
Members named to Laconia State School redevelopment panel
Bald, McLear among those nominated by governor
USDOT awards $5 million for Rogers’ Rangers Bridge replacement
New bridge will boost logging traffic
Q&A with nonprofit leader and activist Robert Egger
Nonprofits ‘are major job creators, and they need to tell people about that. We’re an essential part of the economic ecosystem,’ says Robert Egger, founder of DC Central Kitchen and L.A. Kitchen.
Four new multifamily projects win NH Housing assistance
Funding will help build 127 new units in three towns
OSHA seeks five-month delay in e-filing rule
Agency seeks time to reconsider provisions
New Hampshire’s construction unemployment rate jumps in May
1.2 percent increase seen from April
Stay Work Play CEO to step down
Luczko leaving organization after seven years at the helm
New study puts arts’ economic impact at $120 million in four NH communities
Cultural organizations generate 3,851 full-time jobs in Rochester, Portsmouth, Concord and Monadnock regions
NH April home prices up 6.7 percent from a year ago
Prices jumped 7.9 percent in Manchester-Nashua
Report: 22,000 New Hampshire homes at risk of storm surge
CoreLogic analysis puts total reconstruction value at $5.5 billion
NH single-family inventory falls in April as prices rise
Total sales drop over 12 percent from a year ago
Senate OKs State School redevelopment commission
Measure would establish Pease-style panel for Laconia site
Hassan joins effort to expand employee ownership
Senator helps introduce measures to boost ESOPs and worker co-ops
Knowledge Institute CEO Deborah Osgood
As the economy evolves, says Deborah Osgood, CEO of the Exeter-based Knowledge Institute, self-employment will become an essential way for people to make a living.
April Seacoast residential prices remain strong, but sales are flat
Realtors report low inventory continues to nag market
Summit to explore labor shortage solution: older workers
‘Gray Is The New Green’ to look at strategies, tools for employing older adults
NH House panel OKs lead abatement bill with financial aid for landlords
Measure would appropriate $3 million for remediation fund
Q&A with Economist and author Heather Boushey
Work flexibility ‘improves the bottom line as well as productivity,’ says Heather Boushey, author of ‘Finding Time: The Economics of Work-Life Conflict.’
Survey says New Hampshire is second-worst state for Millennials
High college costs, shortage of rental housing among the unfavorable factors
Shaheen and Hassan take aim at ‘unacceptable’ condition of bridges
SAFE Bridges Act would begin addressing deficient structures
NHCIBOR calls for more energy sources to lower costs
Seeks ‘development of all feasible sources available to us’
In report card, civil engineers give New Hampshire infrastructure a C-
Investment, upgrades needed across the board, they say
New Hampshire home prices jumped 7.3 percent in February
Manchester-Nashua prices increase by 6.7 percent
Analysis finds NH gender wage gap is largest in Northeast
Granite State women are paid 76 cents for every dollar men earn
Trader Joe’s to open third New Hampshire store in Bedford
Food retailer’s new location set for Market and Main development
Workforce study predicts Balsams will generate at least 1,000 jobs
2017 groundbreaking seen for first phase of redevelopment project
New Hampshire’s construction unemployment rate skyrocketed in January
8.7 percent rate is 18th lowest in the country
Mall of NH’s JCPenney store not on chopping block, despite credit rating agency’s prediction
All of retail giant’s Granite State outlets are spared from closing
Report puts JCPenney store at Mall of NH on short list for closing
Credit rating agency cites location’s below-average sales
Brady Sullivan to pay $90,000 in lead exposure case
Company settles with EPA over violations at Mill West property
Public counsel fires back over businesses’ Northern Pass claims
He refutes claims their interests aren’t being heard in Site Evaluation Committee hearing
Plymouth State effort targets growth in North Country town
Lancaster initiative brings university, business leaders together
Businesses raise concerns over SEC’s Northern Pass process
BAE, Globe Manufacturing join Manchester, Nashua chambers in saying their interests aren’t being met in proceedings
Study: Millionaires abound in New Hampshire
State has seventh-highest concentration of millionaire households in the country
NH drywall company settles Mass. misclassification claims
Universal Drywall agrees to $500,000 settlement over Bay State construction jobs
Report: New Hampshire home prices rose 4.4% in December
Manchester-Nashua increase pegged at 4.7%
Appropriation sought to boost workforce housing
Proposal would add $25m to decades-old loan fund
NH’s construction jobless rate falls from a year ago
December rate is among five lowest in nation
Durham weighs limits on downtown student housing
Planning board looks to place restrictions multi-unit housing
Apple to expand server assembly at former GTAT complex
Tech giant seeks free trade zone status for Arizona site
Q&A with NH Center for Nonprofits CEO Kathleen Reardon
‘Nonprofits are providing very sophisticated programs, managing sophisticated, complex issues,’ says Kathleen Reardon, CEO of the NH Center for Nonprofits.
New Hampshire’s trades deficits
Auto dealers’ study sees big need for workers
U.S. manufacturing education initiative nears enactment
Ayotte-backed effort to boost engineering training
N.Y. investment firm takes majority stake in Optiv Security
Aim is to create ‘global security powerhouse’
Brady Sullivan wins variance for Keene housing project
90 units proposed for Colony Mill retail complex
Construction industry suicide prevention effort launched
15 organizations join national initiative
Five-year reauthorization of SBIR/STTR gains
Shaheen applauds inclusion of language for five-year extension
New Hampshire’s construction unemployment rate falls in October
Granite State rate tied for fifth lowest nationally
Franklin Savings CEO announces retirement
Jeffery Savage to end 40-year banking career on Dec. 1
More news from NHBR:
NH employers may lower health costs by supporting better health for employees
Diabetes costs the U.S. economy approximately $413 billion annually, including more than $106 billion in lost productivity.
Report: NH’s caregivers need support
A new report from the AARP concludes there’s an urgent need to support the tens of thousands of New Hampshire residents who serve as caregivers to people close to them.
$450M plan aims to supercharge heat pump use
New England winters can get wicked cold. Last week, five of the region’s states launched a $450 million effort to warm more of the homes in the often-frigid region with energy-efficient, low-emission heat pumps instead of burning fossil fuels.
What the latest data reveals about NH’s shifting economy and demographics
New Hampshire’s story is often told through familiar but false assumptions: retirees driving population change, Massachusetts buyers pushing up home prices, and a uniquely low-tax landscape keeping the state affordable.
NH Business Finance Authority approves world’s first bitcoin-backed municipal bond
The New Hampshire Business Finance Authority (BFA) board of directors has approved a financing structure that will make New Hampshire the first state in the world to issue a municipal bond backed by bitcoin.
New England Rural Health Association awarded $1.6m HRSA Northern Border RCORP grant
The award totals $1.6 million over four years and will support training, placement and sustainability efforts to strengthen the behavioral health workforce across rural Vermont and New Hampshire
Parkland to open standalone ER in Salem
A free-standing 24-hour emergency room operated by Parkland Medical Center was conditionally approved by planners Nov. 13
NH gets broadband money, just not as much as was originally promised
Despite some angst that the Trump Administration might vaporize the money, funds are coming to New Hampshire to expand broadband internet access throughout the state, although the amount isn’t what was originally allocated
In reversal, Hantz Marconi to no longer hear cases as NH Supreme Court justice
New Hampshire Supreme Court Justice Anna Barbara Hantz Marconi will no longer take part in cases before the state’s highest court, telling her colleagues on the bench that she will instead focus on administrative tasks until she reaches the mandatory retirement age of 70 in February.
