State Senate will have the final word on several programs important to Ossipee Lake.
State Senate will have the final word on several programs important to Ossipee Lake.
The budget process “must include strategies to uphold the essential role government plays in fulfilling its social contract to protect and provide for those-in-need and sustain our communities,” according to a position statement from the N.H. Center for Non-Profits, which says the non-profit sector contributes more than $8 billion, or 14.5%, of the state’s GDP.
A favorite local site for walking, blueberry picking, and gazing at Ossipee Lake and the Ossipee Range receives protection.
N.H. Lakes Association and the Nature Conservancy are among those who say cuts to the state’s natural resources agencies “undermine the foundations of sustainable economic development.” Two well-known lake initiatives are among the programs set to be terminated.