Tourism, Outdoor Recreation & Nature Economy

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Exploring Communities and a Career with UNH Extension Internships
UNH Extension internships offer valuable experience and a chance to make a difference
UNH Extension internships offer valuable experience and a chance to make a difference Learn More
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Craft Breweries and Community
A vibrant community has places for people to gather and interact. Community leaders are looking increasingly to craft breweries as a path to community... Learn More
From Bluegrass to Granite: Community & Economic Development Explores Kentucky’s Trail Town Program
Amid the knobs and flowing rivers of Eastern Kentucky members of the Community and Economic Development team recently witnessed first-hand a program t... Learn More
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Sullivan County Residents Embrace Web-based Mapping App to Build Regional Identity
What’s unique about Sullivan County, New Hampshire? A community-based, county-wide initiative, facilitated by UNH Cooperative Extension, has launched ... Learn More
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UNH Students Learn and Apply Principles from the Nature Economy
What are externalities and why should we care? How can communities reduce negative externalities and increase positive ones? Students at UNH have been... Learn More
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Understanding How Local Community Members Value the Benefits of Small Streams in the Great Bay Watershed
Just what is your water worth? Our team is trying to answer this very question. We are working with communities to better understand how they use and ... Learn More
The Unexpected Growth of Agriculture in Kingston
From August through December, UNH’s Economic Development Academy explored the major economic issues confronting New Hampshire’s cities and towns. The ... Learn More
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Energizing Economic and Community Development Through Arts-based Placemaking
Community & Economic Development Field Specialist Penny Whitman is serving on a six-person team representing UNH Extension in Sullivan County in t... Learn More
Community and Economic Development Team Awarded Funds for Downtowns and Trails Program Assessment
UNH Cooperative Extension was one of the multi-state teams awarded with the Northeast Center for Rural Development's 2017-2018 "Impacts of Successful ... Learn More
The Role Natural Capital Plays in Keeping our Villages Vibrant
Harken back to your Economics 101 class and you may recall the concepts of built capital and financial capital as major pieces of the basic economic e... Learn More