Northern Border Regional Commission

Northern Border Regional Commission Type: Regional Commissions Parent organization: Employees: 20 Executive: Federal Co-Chair Budget: Varies annually, with recent allocations around $20-30 million Address: James Cleveland Federal Building, Suite 1501, 53 Pleasant Street, Concord, NH 03301, USA Website: https://www.nbrc.gov Creation Legislation: Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (2008 Farm Bill) Wikipedia: Northern Border Regional Commission

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Mission The Northern Border Regional Commission aims to catalyze community vitality and economic prosperity in the northern counties of Maine, New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont through strategic investments and partnerships. It focuses on reducing economic distress and promoting growth in these regions.

Services Grants for economic development; Infrastructure investment; Workforce development; Technical assistance

Regulations

Northern Border Regional Commission
File:NBRC Logo.jpg
The seal of the Northern Border Regional Commission
Agency Overview
Formed	2008
Jurisdiction	Federal government of the United States
Headquarters	Concord, New Hampshire
Agency Executive	Chris Saunders, Federal Co-Chair
Website
nbrc.gov

The Northern Border Regional Commission is an American federal-state partnership for community and economic development in counties near the Canada–United States border.

History

The Northern Border Commission (NBC) was created as part of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008. As of 2021, the NBC has been reauthorized twice.

Governance

Modeled off the Appalachian Regional Commission, the NBC is led by a federal co-chair and the respective state governors. The federal co-chair nominated by the president of the United States and confirmed by the United States Senate. One of the governors is designated a state co-chair.

Federal co-chair

Chris Saunders was confirmed by the Senate on March 24, 2022, and began service on April 11, 2022.

List of federal co-chairs:

• Sanford "Sandy" Blitz of Maine (2010-2014)
• Mark Scarano of New Hampshire (2015-2018)
• Harold B. Parker of New Hampshire (2018-2022)
• Chris Saunders of Vermont (2022-present)

Service area

The service area consists of

• upstate New York
• most of Maine and
• New Hampshire, and
• all of Vermont

See also

• Appalachian Regional Commission
• Delta Regional Authority
• Denali Commission
• List of local government organizations
• Southeast Crescent Regional Commission
• Tennessee Valley Authority

External links

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