MANCHESTER, N.H. – On Monday, Manchester was named as one of the finalists for Phase 2 of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) Build Back Better Regional Challenge. 

Manchester is the only Phase 2 participant in New Hampshire and one of only four in New England. 

This is the first time Manchester has participated in an EDA grant proposal, with this specific challenge designed to assist communities nationwide in their efforts to build back better by accelerating the economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic and building local economies that will be resilient to future economic shocks. 

In partnership with the Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute (ARMI), Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU), the University of New Hampshire (UNH) – Manchester, the Manchester-Boston Regional Airport (MHT) and the Manchester-Transit Authority (MTA), the city submitted proposals in the field of BioFabrication, including a manufacturing facility, worker training and innovation center, research accelerator and cluster work and learn program for local disadvantaged and college students.