"WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Commerce has announced that Manchester is one of 20 winners of the Build Back Better Regional Challenge, earning the city a $44 million federal grant. 

The grant will be used to invest in a biofabrication cluster in the Millyard, which U.S. Department of Commerce Deputy Secretary Don Graves says will establish southern New Hampshire as a “global epicenter” for regenerative tissue and organs. 

“We’re absolutely thrilled that this funding will build on the progress that’s already being made by this specialized industry, whose growth benefits under served communities throughout the area,” said Graves. 

The funding comes as part of $1 billion put into the American Rescue Plan for investment in what Graves defined as transformative industries. 

“This award really recognizes and more than that solidifies Manchester and southern New Hampshire’s role in cutting edge bio-fabrication technology,” said U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) “This is technology that will really revolutionize medicine. The medical techniques that are being developed in the Manchester region will really extend people’s lives by orders of magnitude and the economic benefits of this award will extend far beyond this sector and the Manchester region.”