mill closures

Wednesday, September 10, 2008                                     Contact: Laena Fallon (GREGG)

                                                                                                Barbara Riley (SUNUNU)

GREGG, SUNUNU: $643,900 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PLANNING

GRANT TO HELP NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE

North Country Council will use funding to help existing businesses, recruit new employers

WASHINGTON, DC – United States Senators Judd Gregg and John Sununu (R-NH) today (9/10) announced that the Bethlehem-based North Country Council will receive a $643,900 technical assistance and planning grant from the Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) to help with economic recovery efforts following the paper mill closure in Groveton and paper mill slowdown in Gorham, New Hampshire. 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:                                CONTACT: LAENA FALLON

3/4/08                                                                          202-224-3324