In July 2009, the Governor’s Task Force for the Retention of Young Workers released a report that made many recommendations on how efforts to attract and retain young workers could be advanced and why New Hampshire is well-positioned to be a place where these young workers would want to stay, work and play.  The report was developed as a result of an Executive Order by Governor John Lynch in 2008 to create a Task Force to analyze the issue and develop recommendations for his consideration.  The Task Force was comprised of young professionals and representatives from business, government, the non-profit sector, education, labor, and statewide associations. 

Links to the full report and to a presentation describing the finds can be found on this temporary web site.  Among the far-ranging recommendations were a few that relate directly to the creation of Stay Work Play NH.  First, the Task Force called for creation of a comprehensive web site that would include content and linkages geared to serve young workers and others considering staying or moving to NH, or looking for a centralized resource about activities, events and opportunities of interest to them.  Second, it also called for the creation of an independent organization to help move forward several of the recommendations contained in the report, including the development and management of the web site (this is a temporary site – look for the launch of the full site in the fall of 2009).  Please review the recommendations and log onto the Stay Work Play Facebook page if you have any comments or want to help out in any way.