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Bar Harbor, Maine
Calais, Maine
Perry, Maine
Portland, Maine
August 12, 2025

Boston Fed President Susan M. Collins travelled along the Maine coast, meeting with residents from Perry, Calais, and Portland. She heard about economic concerns related to child care access, health care, and inflation, and she spoke with Passamaquoddy tribal leaders about expanding jobs and educational opportunities. Collins also visited Bar Harbor to learn about rural health care innovations. In Portland, she visited a Northeastern University tech hub supporting local entrepreneurs.

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Keene, N.H.
Brattleboro, Vt.
West Dover, Vt.
May 22, 2025

Boston Fed President and CEO Susan M. Collins heard from residents from across New England at a Fed Listens event. The goal was to learn about the impacts of monetary policy on everyday people. Among the questions: How were they being affected by economic uncertainty and inflation?

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Manchester, N.H.
March 27, 2025

Boston Fed President Susan M. Collins makes her way to Manchester, N.H. -- touring Velcro's R&D-driven facility, walking through downtown shops, and engaging local business leaders. The visit highlighted the city's industrial reinvention and the weight of economic uncertainty.

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Groton, Conn.
Hartford, Conn.
February 21, 2025

How can manufacturers address shortages of skilled workers? One answer is to train the potential workers themselves, starting in high school. Boston Fed President and CEO Susan M. Collins learned about one such effort by submarine maker Electric Boat during a trip to Connecticut.

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Springfield, Vt.
Rutland, Vt.
South Burlington, Vt.
October 15, 2024

Springfield, Vermont, was once a defense-industry hub. Today, it’s working to redevelop the factory sites that were once its economic center. Boston Fed President and CEO Susan M. Collins visited the town as part of a trip aimed at learning how Vermont’s economy is evolving.

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Fitchburg, Mass.
October 01, 2024

Boston Fed President and CEO Susan M. Collins was joined on a tour of the former mill city of Fitchburg by Adriana Kugler, a member of the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors. They heard from city leaders about efforts to make the city a center for arts and culture.

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Newport, R.I.
Providence, R.I.
August 09, 2024

Newport is famous as a playground for the rich. It’s also a city were more than 1 in 10 residents live below the poverty line. During a trip to Rhode Island, Boston Fed President and CEO Susan M. Collins got a glimpse of the economic realities in Newport and around the state.

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Bangor, Maine
Biddeford, Maine
Millinocket, Maine
July 19, 2024

Aquaculture, outdoor sports, and renewable energy were a few of the industries Boston Fed President and Susan M. Collins heard about when she travelled to Maine to hear how residents are working to revitalize local economies.

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Lawrence, Mass.
June 21, 2024

The city of Lawrence was once a place with a faded industrial past struggling to find its way. But the story the city was celebrating when Boston Fed President and CEO Susan M. Collins visited was one of revitalization through collaboration.

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Hamden, Conn.
Hartford, Conn.
New Haven, Conn.
April 22, 2024

What persistent barriers are preventing some New Englanders from realizing their full economic potential? Boston Fed President and CEO Susan M. Collins heard answers to that question when she met with community and nonprofit leaders from across Connecticut.

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Concord, N.H.
Hanover, N.H.
Lebanon, N.H.
March 05, 2024

A lack of affordable housing is a problem around New England, and Boston Fed President and CEO Susan M. Collins heard about the impacts during a trip to New Hampshire. Industries leaders told of new hires who’d backed out because they couldn’t find a place to live.

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Holyoke, Mass.
Springfield, Mass.
West Springfield, Mass.
June 26, 2023

The problems and potential of the western Massachusetts economy were on display on one block Boston Fed President and CEO Susan M. Collins toured with Holyoke city leaders. They pointed to boarded-up storefront in buildings they believed could one day hold housing.

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Warwick, R.I.
May 30, 2023

Boston Fed President and CEO Susan Collins’ first visit to a college during her tenure came at the Community College of Rhode Island. Collins told the students they weren’t just building a more prosperous future for themselves, but for the entire economy.

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Concord, N.H.
Manchester, N.H.
May 24, 2023

A visit to a child care center in New Hampshire highlighted a big challenge facing the U.S. child care system. Boston Fed President and CEO Susan M. Collins met the director in a classroom the center was forced to close due to staffing shortages.

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Montpelier, Vt.
Randolph, Vt.
White River Junction, Vt.
March 03, 2023

Boston Fed President and CEO Susan M. Collins heard from residents from across New England at a Fed Listens event. The goal was to learn about the impacts of monetary policy on everyday people. Among the questions: How were they being affected by economic uncertainty and inflation?

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Providence, R.I.
November 10, 2022

How are regional businesses responding to the damage done by the pandemic? That was a key question for Boston Fed President and CEO Susan M. Collins during a visit to Rhode Island. She found people struggling with pandemic-related challenges but reacting in “dynamic” ways.

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Augusta, Maine
Bath, Maine
Freeport, Maine
October 14, 2022

Boston Fed President and CEO Susan M. Collins met with the executive director of an agency that helps underprivileged students, Gov. Janet Mills, and the CEO of L.L. Bean during a trip to Maine that aimed to give Collins a comprehensive view of the state’s diverse economy.

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Hartford, Conn.
Waterbury, Conn.
September 30, 2022

Business leaders in Hartford, Connecticut, spoke with Susan M. Collins about a variety of concerns, including supply chain problems and a tight labor market, during her first regional visit as president and CEO of the Boston Fed.

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