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Where Goes New Hampshire? New Hampshire 2018

Where Goes New Hampshire? New Hampshire 2018. Sponsored by BusinessNH Magazine and Leadership New Hampshire. Steve Norton Executive Director NH Center for Public Policy Studies March 11, 2008. “…to raise new ideas and improve policy debates through quality

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Where Goes New Hampshire? New Hampshire 2018

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  1. Where Goes New Hampshire? New Hampshire 2018 Sponsored by BusinessNH Magazine and Leadership New Hampshire Steve Norton Executive Director NH Center for Public Policy Studies March 11, 2008 “…to raise new ideas and improve policy debates through quality information and analysis on issues shaping New Hampshire’s future.”

  2. What is NH?

  3. What Will NH Be in 2018?

  4. The New Hampshire Revolution: NH Income per person grew faster than US in 1970-80’s. Source: US Bureau of Economic Analysis

  5. Macro Trends • Aging • People are getting older, fewer children • Economic Change • Agriculture -> Manufacturing -> ? • The World is Flat • Information, Communication, Transportation • Environmental Change • Climate, Water, Conservation • Migration • Role of Towns in Shaping New Hampshire

  6. It’s A System, Not Static Housing Aging Schools Health Care What Will the Boomers Do? Migration Balance of Government And Private Transportation Rails Economic Development I93 Quality Of Life Zoning And Livable Communities

  7. Age Distribution: 1970

  8. Age Distribution: 1995

  9. Age Distribution: 2020?

  10. Health Care Accounts for Much of Job Growth Source: NH Department of Labor Projections

  11. Migration Happened (Many from MA!) Source: www.carseyinstitute.unh.edu Source: Johnson, Ken. 2007. 'The Changing Faces of New Hampshire. The Carsey Institute. Durham, NH.

  12. Migration Happens? Source: www.carseyinstitute.unh.edu Source: Johnson, Ken. 2007. 'The Changing Faces of New Hampshire. The Carsey Institute. Durham, NH.

  13. The Changing Face of NH?

  14. High Growth in foreign born in early 2000s. Higher than US average and similar to Georgia and NC Source: Ross Gittell, NH 2018 Presentation

  15. Why NH? Lower Housing Prices?

  16. Voting Patterns Change

  17. Major Policy Levers Which Will Affect Issue of Aging • Transportation • Housing Prices • ‘Retaining Youth’ Initiatives (55 Initiative, the Arts) • Information Highway • Conservation, Quality of Life, Water and Sewer • Business Development • State and Community Investment • Taking Advantage of Regional Opportunities

  18. Mt Washington Valley The Lakes Region The North Country What is NH? The Seacoast The Capital Region The Monadnock Region The Tech Corridor?

  19. Geographic Variation: What Do Regions Have in Common? Source: NH Office of State Planning Estimates

  20. And the Agent for Change is …

  21. ? Recession ?

  22. NH 2018 • Many policy levers affecting the future. • Prediction for 2018? Not that much different than now. • Recession makes investment and change difficult. • State and local policy decisions regarding transportation, housing and energy likely to fundamentally shape 2018 and BEYOND. • What will the boomers do?

  23. All of our reportsare available on the web:www.nhpolicy.org New Hampshire Center for Public Policy Studies Board of Directors Donna Sytek, Chair John B. Andrews John D. Crosier Shelia T. Francoeur Chuck Morse Todd Selig Stuart Smith James Tibbetts Brian Walsh Kimon S. Zachos Martin Gross Staff Steve Norton Dennis Delay Ryan Tappin “…to raise new ideas and improve policy debates through quality information and analysis on issues shaping New Hampshire’s future.”

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