On November 11th, the White House announced that President Obama had chosen Sandy Blitz, a resident of Hudson, Maine, to head up the new agency that is charged with investing in the economic development of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and parts of upstate New York. That new agency, the Northern Border Regional Commission (NBRC), also recently received $1.5 million to begin operations. These are positive developments and represent a win for our region.
In 2004, I joined an array of economic development experts in writing legislation that would create a commission that would invest federal resources for economic development and job....