Our Vision for the North Country

We will:

• Energize our communities by building on growth in the aerospace, transit equipment, defense, biotech, energy, and manufacturing industries
• Leverage our gateway to Canada, the nation’s largest trading partner, to lead the State in global investment
• Attract and nurture entrepreneurs through innovation to catalyze the highest per capita rate of small business start-ups and expansions in the state
• Invest in community development infrastructure that expands opportunities and capacity
• Innovate effective rural healthcare and education delivery networks
• Elevate global recognition of the region as one of the special places on the planet to visit, live, work and study
• Activate tourism as a driver to diversify our economies by creating demand to accelerate private investment
• Invest in agriculture as we help feed the region and the world
• Create the greenest energy economy in the state