Berlin, N.H. – Today, Representative Maggie Goodlander, a Member of the House Small Business Committee, met with community leaders at the Berlin Falls House Museum & Heritage Center to discuss economic development opportunities in the North Country.
“Granite State businesses and workers in the North Country are at the very heart of New Hampshire’s economy,” said Representative Goodlander. “Governing is a team effort, and I’m excited to support the work of our partners at every level of government across Coös County to revitalize the North Country.”
Participants in today’s meeting with Representative Goodlander included: Rennie Morneau, President, Berlin/Coös County Historical Society; Mark Brady, Administrator, Coös County; Ray Gorman, Commissioner, Coös County; Beno Lamontagne, Business Retention, NH Business & Economic Affairs; Steve Fortier, NH Business & Economic Affairs Administrator of Rural Economic Development; Alex Ritchie, Principal, Ritchie & Associates; Kevin Eschelbach, Executive Director, Coös Economic Development Corp. (CEDC); Angela Pence, Business Development Manager, CEDC; Maeve Cyr, Outreach Coordinator, CEDC; Ericka Canales, Principal, Backroads Strategies; Kathleen & Mark Kelley, Owners, White Mountain Lumber; Julia Umiker, Business Manager, North Country Growers; and Jack Daley, Project Manager, North Country Growers.
Representative Goodlander serves on the House Small Business Committee. Before taking the oath of office to represent New Hampshire in the People’s House, Goodlander served in the U.S. Department of Justice where she took on corporate monopolies as a Deputy Assistant Attorney General, committed to the idea that no corporation is above the law.
