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The Northern Border Regional Commission (NBRC) is an American federal-state partnership for community and economic development near the Canada–United States border, focusing on distressed counties in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York.[1]
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History
The NBRC was created as part of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008. As of 2021, the NBRC has been reauthorized twice.[2]
Grant programs
The Catalyst Program is a competitive grant program for regional projects that prioritizes infrastructure, waste, energy and telecommunications projects. The Forest Economy Program is a competitive grant that offers $7 million to the forest sector of the four states in the service area. The State Capacity Grant Program is a non-competitive grant to member states to support economic and infrastructure development plans.[3]
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Governance
Modeled off the Appalachian Regional Commission, the NBRC 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.[4]
Federal co-chair
Chris Saunders was confirmed by the Senate on March 24, 2022,[5] and began service on April 11, 2022.[6]
The current voting members are:[4]
- Chris Saunders (federal co-chair)
- Governor Phil Scott of Vermont
- Governor Janet Mills of Maine
- Governor Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire
- Governor Kathy Hochul of New York
Service area
The service area consists of upstate New York, most of Maine and New Hampshire, and all of Vermont.[2]
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