MANCHESTER: Bradley Kreick, a veteran healthcare executive and consultant, has begun his new job as CEO of SolutionHealth, the parent organization of Elliot Health System in Manchester and Southern New Hampshire Health System of Nashua. Kreick succeeds Sherry Hausmann, who resigned in October after holding the top job at SolutionHealth for three years. With over 25 years of healthcare business management experience, Kreick has been an executive at publicly traded and privately held healthcare providers and insurers, including Apria Healthcare, Oxford Health Plans and Healthsource Inc.
CONCORD: Fifty-one individuals filed for bankruptcy protection in the state in November, which is just three more than in September, a month that had the lowest number of filings in modern history. So far this year, the monthly average of filings is a little over 62, nearly 30 percent lower than last year. As for business filings, two personal filings included business-related debt, compared to six in October. Two businesses filed directly, compared to three in October.
WASHINGTON, D.C.: The U.S. Department of Agriculture is giving assistance to two New Hampshire businesses and a school district to aid in energy-related projects. GoLight LLC will use a $14.4 million Electric Infrastructure loan to construct seven solar arrays in New Hampshire in Goffstown, Franklin, East Conway and Pittsfield. Orchard Hill Breadworks in Alstead will use a grant of over $31,000 from the USDA’s Rural Energy for America Program to build a solar array. The Profile School District in Bethlehem will buy electricity at a discount from BP Profile LLC, which will build a solar array next to the school through a similar grant.
CONCORD: The U.S. Small Business Administration New Hampshire district office has begun accepting nominations for its 2022 National and NH Small Business Week Awards. Award categories are: Small Business Person of the Year; Small Business Exporter of the Year; Jeffrey Butland Family- Owned Small Business of the Year; Minority Small Business Owner; Veteran Small Business Owner; Woman Small Business Owner; Microenterprise; Young Entrepreneur; Small Business Manufacturer; Home-Based Business Owner; and Financial Services Champion. Nomination guidelines and forms can be found at sba.gov/nh. For more information, contact Cheryl Croto at cheryl.croto@sba.gov or call 603-892-8901.
KEENE: A federal judge has approved the sale of the Hillside Village Keene retirement community to an Illinois-based senior-living provider, clearing one of the last hurdles for a $33 million deal announced in August. The Keene Sentinel reported that Skokie, Ill.- based Covenant Living Communities & Services, a nonprofit that operates 18 retirement communities nationwide, was the sole bidder for the Wyman Road facility, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The 222-unit facility employs some 150 people.
WASHINGTON, D.C.: New Hampshire’s congressional delegation recently announced that New Hampshire will be getting $72.6 million from the federal infrastructure package to update wastewater and drinking water systems and address PFAS and lead in New Hampshire water supplies.
DOVER: The city of Dover says it has reached a settlement with New England Metal Recycling Inc., which was fined for polluting a key city aquifer, and the company will pay more than $13 million to build and operate a new water treatment facility. The cost of the proposed Pudding Hill Water Treatment Facility project is forecast to be around $15 million, which includes construction, engineering and operating costs for the first three years.
MERRIMACK: The Hilb Group, a Richmond, Va.-based property/casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage, has acquired Clark & Lavey Benefits Solutions Inc. of Merrimack as part of its efforts to expand its footprint in New England. No transaction price was provided. The acquisition includes Clark & Lavey’s InCap health insurance program, which it says offers employers an alternative to traditional health insurance plans by helping lower costs and reduce risks, with annual profit distributions given to member companies.
