Number Crunch: Trees, Vets and Government Contracts

$35 Million
How much Eversource spends on trimming and cutting down trees along its 2,500 miles of NH electric lines.
Source: Eversource

$188 Million
The value of government contracts won by nearly 300 NH small businesses in 2021 through assistance from the NH Procurement Technical Assistance Center.
Source: NH Procurement Technical Assistance Center

#2
The Granite State is going to the dogs…as well as cats and hamsters and birds. This is NH’s rank among states with the most veterinarians. NH has 45.3 per 100,000 people.
Source: Veterinarians.org

37.6
Percent of NH students who ranked math as their favorite school subject, placing the Granite State in the top five states where students favor arithmetic.
Source: Brainly survey of 900 American students

Did You Know?
Only 29% of small businesses have fully recovered from the pandemic so far. For many, it may be the second half of 2023 until there is a full recovery. Businesses cited revenue decline, supply chain challenges, labor shortages, rent spikes and inflation as reasons that they have not bounced back.
Source: Alignable’s March Road To Recovery Report