New Hampshire Business Review - July 12, 2024

July 12, 2024

Q&A: Betsey Andrews Parker

Michael McCord,

Betsey Andrews Parker, CEO of social service agency Community Action Partnership of Strafford County (CAPSC), has seen the war on poverty up close and personal since she joined the organization in 2010

(Opinion) Traveling tooth fairies is a real story, not a fairy tale

Opinion,

Traveling Tooth Fairies Dental Initiative provides free cavity prevention and dental referrals to elementary, middle-school kids in Nashua

Life Is Good launches ‘Keep it Simple’ custom T-shirt business at new Hudson plant

Mike Cote,

Business has been steady since Life is Good opened its 500,000-square-foot production and fulfillment center three months ago in Hudson, where it has had a presence for more than 20 years

New report shows the status of girls in New Hampshire

Contributed to NH Business Review,

Data highlights disparate outcomes by gender, race, ethnicity, and geography, due to historical, political, economic, and social inequities

Catholic Charities awarded $625,000 in tax credits for Peterborough housing project

Contributed to NH Business Review,

Vose Farm Residences, expected to break ground this summer, will feature mixed-income, one- and two-bedroom apartments available to individuals or families earning up to 60% of the area’s median income

Businesses sought for UNH Entrepreneurship Internship Fall 2024 program

Contributed to NH Business Review,

Program connects businesses with innovative and entrepreneurial-minded students to help grow their companies by placing value in mentorship, skill building and knowledge growth

Legislature wraps session with investments in transportation, child care and key settlement funds

Phil Sletten,

If given final approval and implemented, investments could support the economy and Granite Staters with low and moderate incomes

$500 million says Dean Kamen’s ARMI can manufacture human body parts in Manchester

Mike Cote,

ReGen Valley’s latest $44 million ups the ante to a half a billion dollars since 2017

2024 legislation roundup

Michael Kitch,

Meeting at the tail end of the biennial budget cycle on the eve of a general election, the second-year session of the Legislature is something of an anticlimax to a time when lawmaking and politicking compete for the time and attention of legislators.

(Opinion) Election 2024: Where do we go from here?

Opinion,

We Granite Staters are proud of our first-in-the-nation presidential primary. For more than a century, it served the country well by providing an open testing ground for would-be leaders of the free world. Then came 2024.

More news from NHBR:

Federal and state housing legislation wrestle with affordability crisis

As Granite Staters eye ever-increasing purchase prices for a single-family home, state and federal policy makers wrestle with solutions that create more housing supply. Among them is bipartisan federal legislation on housing that is being held hostage by President Donald Trump’s fixation on a bill that would require voters to provide proof of citizenship with such documents as U.S. passports or birth certificates.

Wooden Hammer Judge Against The Background Of Dollars

Manchester and Nashua: Best bang for the buck in NH

Two New Hampshire cities are among the 10 best-run cities in the country, according to a WalletHub analysis of U.S. communities where residents get the most bang for their taxes. Manchester was rated No. 3, while Nashua was close behind at No. 5., based on a “Quality of Services” score that WalletHub developed using 36 metrics across six key service areas — financial stability, education, health, safety, economy and infrastructure/pollution.