Latest Links: NH Students Carry Highest Average Debt (Again), Communities Try To Tackle Presidential Campaign Stop Costs

New Hampshire’s Business And Economic News In Brief

At $32,440, New Hampshire once again tops in nation in average student debt – “If New Hampshire’s Class of 2010 thought it had it rough, the Class of 2011 just topped it.Students graduating from Granite State colleges and universities last year headed out into the real world carrying the highest average student debt load in the nation to the tune of $32,440, according to a report released by The Project on Student Debt Thursday.” Nashua Telegraph

Communities vary on how to pay for campaign visit’s costs – “The Romney and Obama campaigns will try to fit as many visits as possible into the eight or nine swing states in the closing 19 days of the campaign…With that much attention paid to the state, some communities are questioning how much of the battle they should have to pay for. Some are sending bills, while others are swallowing the costs.” New Hampshire Union-Leader

UNH celebrates record commercialization growth – “The University of New Hampshire Office for Research Partnerships and Commercialization recently celebrated the success of faculty and staff members in increasing the number of innovation disclosures more than 100 percent to set a UNH annual record of 32.” SeacoastOnline.com

Concord: Merchants wary of fee for Main St. – “A small group of downtown business owners agreed at a meeting yesterday that they could pay off a portion of Concord’s Main Street redesign project with an extra tax assessment district. But they expressed some concern about paying annually into another fund for the maintenance of Main Street.” Concord Monitor