LEBANON: A plan to develop up to 400 units of rental housing for hospital workers is moving ahead now that Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health has begun a search for a private developer to building the complex on a 40-acre site in Lebanon. Hospital officials say the project could provide belowmarket-rate housing for workers at nearby Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, which is just a half-mile away across Route 120. A request for proposals issued by D-H says the developer would begin the permitting process by the spring, with construction to start next fall. Some of the apartments would be ready to rent by the end of 2022.

HUDSON: The New Hampshire Department of Transportation has approved a traffic mitigation plan proposed for a potential Amazon fulfillment center in Hudson. Hillwood Enterprises wants to develop the Hudson Logistics Center at the Green Meadow Golf Club property, where two of the three buildings would be leased to Amazon as fulfillment centers. Hillwood says the project, which still needs approval by the Hudson Planning Board, would generate up to $4.8 million in net tax revenue, while creating 1,400 direct jobs paying $15 to $17 an hour, as well as another 900 indirect jobs.

CONCORD: The New Hampshire Department of Employment Security said the state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for October was 4.2% — a decrease of 1.6% from September, but 1.6% higher than the October 2019 rate of 2.6%. The continuing drop in the rate is a marked improvement from April, when the state’s jobless rate was 17.1%. The rate dropped to 15.4% in May and has steadily decreased since then.

KEENE: The Monadnock Economic Development Corp. is being revamped with the goal of shoring up the agency financially. As part of the effort, newly named president Arthur Robert announced the formation of an advisory board to plot out the nonprofit’s future. Earlier this year, Robert succeeded longtime MEDC President Jack Dugan, who was in the job for nearly 30 years. The goal of the revamp is to update MEDC’s mission of securing financing for public and private projects to ensure long-term financial stability.

DURHAM: The University of New Hampshire is offering a virtual Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grant training workshop for New Hampshire small businesses and startups with fewer than 500 employees.

The workshop, to be presented from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 9, is free but registration is required. The SBIR and STTR programs provide help to support research and development. For more information, visit innovation.unh.edu/foster.

LEBANON: The Fort Diner in Lebanon has agreed to update its policies addressing harassment and conduct annual training for employees on their rights under the state’s anti-discrimination law following a complaint, the attorney general’s office said. The Fort also has to report a summary of any complaints made against the restaurant and their resolution as part of a settlement with the office’s civil rights unit. The unit had filed a charge of discrimination with the New Hampshire Commission for Human Rights in response to allegations that employees repeatedly referred to the business’s only Black employee using racial slurs.

MANCHESTER: Paul Boynton, president and CEO of The Moore Center, Manchester, for the last 23 years, has announced his plans to retire in the spring of 2021 after a successor is named. The Moore Center provides a range of services — from early intervention services for children to programs and services for adults with developmental and intellectual disabilities and acquired brain injuries — to people of all ages in New Hampshire.