CEDS 2025 - 2029
Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy
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A CEDS is a plan that outlines a region's economic development needs and goals. It emerges from a continuous planning process developed with a broad based and diverse community participation that addresses the economic potential of an area.
The strategy should promote sustainable economic development and opportunity, foster effective transportation systems, enhance and protect the environment and balance resources through sound management of development.
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The 2025-2029 Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy has been finalized as of June 27, 2025.
Thank you to all who contributed to this year's CEDS!​​
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Additional Resources Cited in the 2025 CEDS
The following resources are either referenced in the 2025 CEDS or information we believe is useful to provide.
NH Community Profiles
Click on the name of each town below to be taken to its Community Profile from the Economic Labor Market Information Bureau.
Data and Demographics – 2025
Table A-1: Population History and Estimates (U.S. Census and NH OPD)
Table A-3: Population – Gender and Age (2023 ACS)
Table A-4: Population – Race and Ethnic Origin (2023 ACS)
Table B-1: Housing Units – Census Counts and Housing Estimates (2023 ACS)
Table B-4: Housing Purchase Prices – NH Counties (2024 NH Housing)
Table B-5: Home Sales (2024 NH Housing)
Table B-7: Foreclosures (2024 NH Housing)
Table B-8: Average Monthly Rental Prices (2024 NH Housing)
Table C-2: Employment and Wages (2023 NH Economic + Labor Market Information Bureau)
Hillsborough County Rockingham County New Hampshire
Table C-3: Employers, Employment, and Wages (2023 NH Economic + Labor Market Information Bureau)
Table C-5: Employment and Weekly Wages (2023 NH Economic + Labor Market Information Bureau)
Table C-6: Civilian Labor Force and Employment (2024 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)
Table D-1: Land Use Area by Town
Table D-2: Land Use Distribution as a Percentage by Town​
Table E-1: Property Valuation and Taxes (2023 NH Department of Revenue Administration)
Table F-2: Education Attainment (2023 ACS)
Table F-3: Per Capita Income (2023 ACS)
Table F-4: Poverty Rates (2023 ACS)
2025 Visioning Sessions
Shaping a 5-year vision and plan for Southeastern NH covering transportation and infrastructure, the environment, culture and recreation, workforce and economy, housing, and more.
As part of the 2025 planning process, REDC held three public visioning sessions throughout its region for the Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS). The purpose of these sessions was to gather public and municipal input on the goals, opportunities, and weaknesses of our region and to come up with priorities to be addressed from an economic development perspective over the next five years. REDC and the CEDS Steering Committee used the information gathered at these events to update and refine the goals and objectives of the CEDS.
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Thank you to all who participated in these visioning sessions!