CONCORD, N.H., Sept. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The New
Hampshire Department of Business and Economic Affairs (BEA)
announced today the first of the Collaborative Economic Development
Regions (CEDRs) have been established to promote economic expansion
post COVID. Created as part of the Granite
State's Economic Recovery and Expansion Strategy (ERES), the
CEDRs will deeply engage regional partners and work with the BEA on
the recovery efforts.
The COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted New Hampshire's workforce availability, and
key sectors that are crucial to the state's economy saw record
losses in jobs and revenue.
"While the pandemic has taken a significant toll on the
Granite State, New Hampshire has proven resilient. Our
economy continues to be the best in the Northeast, individuals are
back at work, and more and more people are calling New Hampshire home," said BEA Commissioner
Taylor Caswell. "Our goal is to keep
New Hampshire's competitive edge
and maintain that consistently across the state."
To date, two CEDRs have been formed with the final two coming
online by year's end. The new regional groups will create a
mechanism to facilitate strong collaboration among economic
development partners in addressing areas such as business retention
and attraction; workforce development; entrepreneurship;
infrastructure, and business advocacy.
"We are pleased to partner with BEA to roll out this economic
recovery strategy and believe it will have a significant positive
impact for our region and helps us meet our missions by working
together," said Darren Winham,
economic development executive director, Town of Exeter, and a leader within the
Seacoast CEDR. "We are able to be more effective individually and
as a region when we work collaboratively. There's an amazing amount
of synergy in our group, which now includes 40 service
providers."
"Our focus is on growing our collective ability to support
New Hampshire's employers by
clearing the way and providing tools for their success," continued
Caswell. "CEDRs are an intentional approach that builds an
infrastructure for the state's entities to work together and
deliver on our collective missions to support those employers."
The full Economic Recovery and Expansion Strategy (ERES) is
available here: http://www.nheconomy.com/eres.
About the New Hampshire Department of Business and Economic
Affairs (BEA)
The Department of Business and Economic Affairs is dedicated to
enhancing the economic vitality of the State of New Hampshire while promoting it as a
destination for domestic and international visitors. For more
information visit http://www.nheconomy.com or
http://www.choosenh.com.
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SOURCE New Hampshire Department of Business and Economic
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