Governor Hassan Tours Globe Manufacturing in Pittsfield

Governor Hassan (center) meets with an employee as she tours Globe Manufacturing in Pittsfield along with company president Don Welch (left) [Photo credit: Lorna Colquhoun, Department of Resources and Economic Development]

CONCORD – Governor Maggie Hassan continued her statewide “Innovate NH” tour today with a visit to Globe Manufacturing, where she toured the company’s operations and met with Globe employees.

Globe Manufacturing, based in Pittsfield for over 100 years, is the nation’s largest manufacturer of firefighter suits and emergency responder gear, producing innovative products to keep our first responders safe.

Hassan's “Innovate NH” tour features stops across New Hampshire, including visits to innovative businesses and discussions with local leaders, educators and citizens, as part of her efforts to reach out to Granite Staters for their input on building a stronger, more innovative New Hampshire.

Governor Hassan to Continue "Innovate NH" Tour with Visit to Globe Manufacturing in Pittsfield

Office of New Hampshire Governor Maggie Hassan

PITTSFIELD – Friday Jan. 11th, Governor Maggie Hassan will continue her statewide “Innovate NH” tour with a visit to Globe Manufacturing, where she will tour the company’s operations and meet with Globe employees.

Globe Manufacturing, based in Pittsfield for over 100 years, is the nation’s largest manufacturer of firefighter suits and emergency responder gear, producing innovative products to keep our first responders safe.

Hassan's “Innovate NH” tour features stops across New Hampshire, including visits to innovative businesses and discussions with local leaders, educators and citizens, as part of her efforts to reach out to Granite Staters for their input on building a stronger, more innovative New Hampshire.

WHAT:          Governor Hassan to Tour Globe Manufacturing

WHEN:          Friday, January 11, 9:00 a.m.

WHERE:       Globe Manufacturing, 37 Loudon Road, Pittsfield

Governor-Elect Hassan's "Innovate NH Tour" Continues With Stops Across the North Country

The Office of Governor-Elect Maggie Hassan

COLEBROOK – Governor-Elect Maggie Hassan will continue her statewide “Innovate NH Tour” with events across the North Country. Hassan's “Innovate NH Tour” features stops across New Hampshire, including visits to innovative businesses and discussions with local leaders, educators and citizens, as part of her efforts to reach out to Granite Staters for their ideas on how to keep New Hampshire moving forward.

Hassan’s North Country tour will include meetings with community leaders and stops at local businesses beginning in Colebrook and including stops in Groveton, Berlin, Littleton and Conway.

Earlier this month, Hassan announced her North Country Priorities Transition Outreach Team of current and former local elected officials and community leaders who will help her reach out to North Country communities for their priorities and ideas. The North Country outreach team includes Raymond Burton, Executive Councilor for District 1; State Senator Jeff Woodburn of Dalton; Berlin Mayor Paul Grenier; Former State Senator John Gallus of Berlin; State Representative Tom Buco of Conway; former State Senator Mark Hounsell of Conway; former State Senator Deb Reynolds of Plymouth; former State Representative Martha McLeod of Franconia; and James Tibbetts, President and CEO of First Colebrook Bank.

As Governor, Maggie Hassan will bring people together to keep New Hampshire moving forward by focusing on innovation, fiscal responsibility and common-sense solutions to our challenges. Hassan will work with members of both parties to develop a fiscally responsible balanced budget that protects New Hampshire’s priorities without an income or sales tax. She will work to implement her “Innovate NH” jobs plan, which focuses on building the best workforce in the country, providing tax credits to businesses, and giving businesses technical assistance to help them create jobs. And Hassan will reach out to legislators and citizens across the state to listen to their ideas on moving New Hampshire forward.

The schedule for Hassan’s “Innovate NH Tour” stops in the North Country is as follows:

7:30 a.m:         Community Roundtable Meeting, Upper Connecticut Valley Hospital, 181 Corliss Ln., Colebrook.

8:45 a.m:         Visit to Colebrook’s Helping Hands Thrift Store/Food Pantry, 96 Main St., Colebrook

9:30 a.m.:        Groveton Regional Economic Action Team (GREAT) Visit, 3 State St., Groveton

10:45 a.m.:      Community Roundtable Meeting, Androscoggin Valley Hospital, 59 Page Hill Rd., Berlin

12:00 noon:     Tour of Gorham Paper and Tissue, 72 Cascade Flats, Gorham

1:30 p.m.:        Community Reception, Littleton Community House, 120 Main St, Littleton

4:00 p.m:         Tour of Innovative Businesses at Mt. Washington Valley Economic Council’s Tech Village, 53 Technology Ln., Conway 

Governor-Elect Hassan to Make Stops in Laconia as Part of Her "Innovate NH Tour"

The Office of Governor-Elect Maggie Hassan

LACONIA – Governor-Elect Maggie Hassan will continue her statewide “Innovate NH Tour” with two events in Laconia. Hassan's “Innovate NH Tour” features stops across New Hampshire, including visits to innovative businesses and discussions with local leaders, educators and citizens, as part of her efforts to reach out to Granite Staters for their ideas on how to keep New Hampshire moving forward.

First, Hassan will give remarks before nearly 200 state and local officials and business owners Thursday at the 17th annual meeting of the New Hampshire Division of Economic Development at the at the Lake Opechee Inn and Spa conference center. The theme of this year’s annual meeting is “Business without Borders,” with a focus on recruitment and international trade.

Hassan will then travel to Lakes Region Community College where she will tour the college’s Energy Services and Technology Program (ESTP), an innovative program which provides students with the knowledge and skills to enter the rapidly expanding field of energy services and technologies.

As Governor, Maggie Hassan will bring people together to keep New Hampshire moving forward by focusing on innovation, fiscal responsibility and common-sense solutions to our challenges. Hassan will work with members of both parties to develop a fiscally responsible balanced budget that protects New Hampshire’s priorities without an income or sales tax. She will work to implement her “Innovate NH” jobs plan, which focuses on building the best workforce in the country, providing tax credits to businesses, and giving businesses technical assistance to help them create jobs. And Hassan will reach out to legislators and citizens across the state to listen to their ideas on moving New Hampshire forward.

The schedule for Hassan’s Laconia “Innovate NH Tour” is as follows:

WHAT:            Governor-Elect Hassan to Speak at New Hampshire Division of Economic Development’s 17^th Annual Meeting

WHEN:            Thursday, December 13^th, 1:00 p.m.

WHERE:           Lake Opechee Inn and Spa Conference Center, 62 Doris Ray Court, Laconia

WHAT:            Governor-Elect Hassan to Tour Lakes Region Community College’s Energy Services and Technology Program

WHEN:            Thursday, December 13^th, 3:00 p.m.

WHERE:           Lakes Region Community College, Creative Arts and Technology Building, 379 Belmont Road, Laconia

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CEI and Coalition Partners Urge Congress to Let the Wind Tax Subsidy Expire

Myron Ebell, director of the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Center for Energy and Environment, will join leaders and experts from nine other free market and conservative activist groups at a Thursday morning press conference to explain why Congress should not extend the Wind Production Tax Credit.

The press conference is set for Dec. 13 at 11 a.m. in the Dirksen Senate Building.  Besides Ebell, it will feature remarks by Thomas Pyle, president of the American Energy Alliance, Larry Hart of the American Conservative Union, Pete Sepp of the National Taxpayers Union, Christine Harbin from Americans for Prosperity and Patrick Hedger from Freedom Works. 

These experts will discuss the bill approved by the Senate Finance Committee to extend and expand the wind subsidy and why this corporate welfare represents an enormous waste of tax dollars at a time of fiscal crisis.  > More on the wind PTC event at CEI.org

> Interview Myron Ebell

 

REGULATIONS vs JOBS - WAYNE CREWS Forbes:Regulation Vs. Jobs: Assessing The Employment Impact Of Rules and Regulations One might think there’s some official acceptance that the thousands of regulations issued annually in Washington have a dampening impact on job creation. Agencies, in arm’s length, detached bureaucratic fashion, typically downplay the jobs impact of regulation. To them, regulations “merely” shuffle jobs around. And increasingly, regulators are inclined to claim that rules create jobs outright, and are a net plus.  > View the full commentary at Forbes.com > Interview Wayne Crews

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