New initiative seeks workers and tourists to Monadnock region
The collaborative has some 475 members spread across communities in the region and representing a broad range of business, health care and education interests.
May construction contracts decline in N.H.
Construction contracts for New Hampshire were down 12 percent in May 2006 from May 2005, according to a monthly report released by McGraw-Hill Construction.
Year-to-date numbers are down by a cumulative total of 18 percent, the data show.
The decline in nonresidential construction contracts – which includes commercial, manufacturing, educational, recreational, hotel, dormitory or other buildings – experienced the greatest decline, down 40 percent from approximately $116.2 million in May 2005 to approximately $69.6 million for May 2006, according to the report.
Residential contract totals declined by 27 percent. May 2006 saw $111.6 million in residential contracts, compared to $153.1 million in May 2005, the report said.
There was a 22 percent decline in nonresidential building contracts in May, falling from $396 million in May 2005 to $310.2 million in May 2006. Residential contracts were down by 24 percent, from $600 million in May of 2005 to $458.3 in May of 2006. – TRACIE STONE
