Are business owners taking advantage of these Five Financing Trends for 2011 featured on Entrepreneur.com? MBRP wants to dig a bit deeper and research how the following trends are being used in New England – and specifically in New Hampshire. Click on each trend to discover more: Crowdfunding Microlending Credit Unions Bootstrapping Slow Money
Raw Deal?
RAW DEAL? Co-op forces farm to stop selling raw milk locally By SARAH TREFETHEN, KEENE SENTINEL Originally published: Monday, January 31, 2011 (Reposted with permission) Standing on a bale of hay at Stonewall Farm on a recent afternoon, 4-year-old Sara Dafeldecker laced small pieces of hay into her father’s hair as he talked about his […]
The Monadnock Business Resources Partners
The Hannah Grimes Center is proud to be a member of the Monadnock Business Resource Partners – a group of organizations including non-profits and colleges working to bring entrepreneurs the resources needed to start and grow your own business. Who are we? Please stay tuned for future articles from MBRP on NHBusiness.com.
Bank of America Becomes Key Partner of the Hannah Grimes Center
Bank of America has awarded a $10,000 grant to the Hannah Grimes Center in Keene, NH. The grant supports the Hannah Grimes Center's community and economic development programs, such as the Entrepreneurship Project which offers the skills, resources, and support needed for individuals to meet their business goals. "New Hampshire's small business community is critically […]
What A Stronger Food System Could Accomplish: Healthier Eating
One way to continue the dialogue around what a stronger food system could accomplish is through community initiatives like Vision 2020 (empowering our county to become that healthiest in the nation by 2020). Imagine if we invested more resources into our local food and farm economy. What could a stronger local food system accomplish? We […]
What A Stronger Food System Could Accomplish
Imagine if we invested more resources into our local food and farm economy. What could a stronger local food system accomplish? Thanks to the Great Falls Food Hub, food economist Ken Meter visited our region this fall. Ken compiled "Local Farm & Food Economy" data from four counties: Cheshire & Sullivan of New Hampshire and […]
Looking to Grow the NH Economy? Look No Further
In the US in 2009, 558,000 new businesses were started per month by new and repeat entrepreneurs, representing the highest year on record. This rate has been relatively stable in the past, so the growth is notable. Here at Hannah Grimes, 2009 brought an 800% increase in program attendance, with an additional 80% growth in […]
Business Topic of the Month: Start-Ups
With the wealth of information and opportunities for entrepreneurs to innovate, connect and thrive, we have decided to bring more focus to our Hannah Grimes Times E-Newsletter by choosing a topic of the month. What better place to start than with start-ups. Only have a minute? Click here to view a daily wisdom about start-ups. […]
The 2010 Hannah Grimes Entrepreneur of the Year
Congratulations to Patti Powers from Cheshire Garden The 2010 Hannah Grimes Entrepreneur of the Year
FairPoint Becomes Key Partner
FairPoint Communications awarded a grant to the Hannah Grimes Center in Keene, NH. The grant supports the Hannah Grimes Center's community and economic development programs, such as the Entrepreneurship Project which offers the skills, resources, and support needed for individuals to meet their business goals. "FairPoint supports the valuable work done by Hannah Grimes Center […]
