Bi-State Summit

The Bi-State Summit began on September 12, 2006 at the Sheraton Harborside in Portsmouth, NH.  REDC joined with the Southern Maine Regional Planning Commission, the Rockingham Planning Commission, the Strafford Regional Planning Commission, the Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce, the Greater York Region Chamber of Commerce, Professor Charles Colgan and Professor Ross Gittell to discuss the potential closing of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and to promote economic development in our area! 

"Looking Beyond the Shipyard" A PowerPoint Presentation prepared by Professors Charles Colgan and Ross Gittell was viewed by over 200 participants that day.  To download the PowerPoint Presentation click here pdf

The following links are a summary of Breakout Sessions from the September 12, 2006 Summit event (pdfs). 

Breakout Session Amphitheater yellow 

Breakout Session Webster Room red

Breakout Session Warner Room blue

Breakout Session Warner Room blue (REDC)

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"Looking Beyond the Shipyard - Part II"

The work and discussions continued on November 29, 2006, please click here (pdf) to see the Agenda for the discussions held at the Kittery Trading Post.  These discussions focused on the following topics:

• Housing:  how do we keep the youngest living in the region? click for the Notes.

• Tourism:  how do we continue to capitalize on our natural resources, heritage;  should we 'brand' the region?  click for the Notes

• Small Business Economy:  entrepreneurships, incubators?  click for the Notes

• Transportation:  priorities, expanded trolley, a multi-modal system?  click here for the Notes.

• New & Emerging Technologies:  how do we support those technologies?  marine technology, bio-diesel fuels, energy efficiencies  click for the Notes

• Boomer Power:  how can we use the wealth of experience and information to support our regional economy?  click for the Notes