SEMINAR
PROPERTY & CASUALTY MARKETS SYMPOSIUM
WHEN: Monday, March 11, 10 – 11:30 a.m.
WHERE: New Hampshire Insurance Department, 21 South Fruit St., Concord
WHAT: Learn the latest on the property and casualty markets, featuring a keynote from Dr. Robert Hartwig of the University of South Carolina. After the keynote will be a panel discussion between Hartwig; Co-operative Insurance Companies President & CEO Lee Dowgiewicz, George Roussos of Orr & Reno, and James Fox, the NH Insurance Department’s property and casualty director.
COST: Free; registration required
CONTACT: Search via Eventbrite
SEMINAR
RADICALLY RURAL BIOTECH: WHY AND HOW RURAL BIOTECH CAN COMPETE WITH URBAN HUBS
WHEN: Wednesday, March 13, 2 – 3 p.m.
WHERE: Virtual
WHAT: Join this discussion to hear why we think rural can compete with urban when it comes to biotech and what we’re doing to make that possible. Radically Rural’s founding organization, Hannah Grimes, is expanding its national programming to focus on rural biotech. Hear from Hannah Grimes’ Angela Snow and Alison Chisolm about launching Radically Rural biotech, a national rural biotech network. Five founder partners from Kentucky, Maine, New Hampshire, New Mexico and Ohio gathered at the 2023 Radically Rural summit and have been working together since.
COST: Free; registration required
CONTACT: hannahgrimes.com/event/radically-rural-biotechwhy-and-how-rural-biotech-cancompete-with-urban-hubs
NETWORKING
MEET THE COMMISSIONERS & EXECUTIVE COUNCILORS
WHEN: Thursday, March 14, 4:30 – 6:30 p.m.
WHERE: The Hotel Concord, 11 South Main St., Concord
WHAT: As business owners, you’ll want to know the individuals who are directly responsible for and involved in implementing policies and passing regulations that affect how you do business in New Hampshire. Join us for an evening reception of hors d’oeuvres and networking to get to know your Commissioners and Executive Councilors. Registration includes hors d’oeuvres and one beverage. Cancellations accepted up to one week prior to event. After that, substitutions are allowed.
COST: $35 for BIA members and Capitol Connect members; $49 for non-BIA members; $10 day of
CONTACT: members.biaofnh.com/events/Details/meet-the-commissionersexecutive-councilors-1030942
COMMUNITY
2024 BOB (BEST OF BUSINESS) AWARDS: TROPICAL PARADISE PARTY
WHEN: Thursday, March 14, 5:30 – 8 p.m.
WHERE: Grappone Conference Center, 70 Constitution Ave., Concord
WHAT: The Awards Party is heading south for a warm, tropical getaway. This event is not your typical business awards reception – we invite you to step out of the often unpredictable late-winter New Hampshire weather and into the Caribbean for an unforgettable evening of fun in the sun! There will be beach and tropical-themed food, beverages, music and fun. We’re leaving the speeches, rubbery chicken dinners and assigned seating at home. The evening is all about networking, relaxing with co-workers and making some new business connections. Tropical shirts, shorts, coconut bras and flip-flops are encouraged but not required.
COST: $61 for groups of 8 or more people; $71 for individuals
CONTACT: nhbr.com/events-awards/best-of-business-awards
COMMUNITY
MAGICAL MONADNOCK: ANNUAL THRIVE GALA
WHEN: Thursday, March 21, 5:30 – 9 p.m.
WHERE: Zorn Dining Commons, Keene State College, 229 Main St., Keene
WHAT: The theme for this year’s annual Greater Monadnock Collaborative chamber gala is “Magical Monadnock.” There is a magic to the Monadnock Region, and you can feel it everywhere. The environment and landscape are the first to recognize, living in the vicinity of Mount Monadnock and with the lakes, trails and outdoor life that is available. It is a region that allows you to explore your outdoorsy lifestyle and also allows you to explore your outdoors lifestyle as well, with the restaurants, city and towns that make a night out, or leisurely walk around a main street the extent of your outdoorsy lifestyle. Awards will be presented for the Windsor Brooks Business of the Year, Ken Jue Non-Profit of the Year and Citizen of the Year.
COST: $100 for Greater Monadnock chamber members; $125 for non-members
CONTACT: greatermonadnock.com/magic
CONFERENCE
2024 NH HOUSING HOMEOWNERSHIP CONFERENCE
WHEN: March 26, 8 a.m. – 2:15 p.m.
WHERE: Grappone Conference Center, 70 Constitution Ave., Concord
WHAT: Learn about the current housing landscape, solutions for increasing inventory, as well as ideas on affordability, availability. and access. Explore with speakers and fellow attendees the opportunities that shape homeownership in New Hampshire. From 12:45 – 2:15 p.m., enjoy a meal and delve deeper into the session topics at a post-conference luncheon and networking session with conference panelists. Discuss New Hampshire’s housing challenges, share insights and talk about solutions.
COST: $50 for conference with breakfast; $65 for conference, breakfast and lunch
CONTACT: nhhfa.org/event/2024-homeownership-conference
CONFERENCE
2024 SMALL BUSINESS EMPOWERMENT SUMMIT IN BRETTON WOODS
WHEN: Wednesday, March 27, 8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
WHERE: AMC Highland Center, U.S. Route 302, Bretton Woods
WHAT: The Women’s Rural Entrepreneurial Network (WREN) and the U.S. Small Business Administration New Hampshire District Office present the 2024 Small Business Empowerment Summit in Bretton Woods! Attendees will learn about the tools and strategies that can help create a strong foundation for creating or growing a business for the long haul. This interactive program provides emerging entrepreneurs and small business owners an opportunity to identify, examine and discuss the factors that influence the long-term sustainability of their businesses. Sessions and schedule may be found online on the U.S. SBA’s website.
COST: $20 per ticket; $10 for WREN members
CONTACT: sba.gov/event/43540
FUNDRAISER
10TH ANNUAL SLEEPOUT 2024
WHEN: Friday, March 29, beginning 8 p.m.
WHERE: DoubleTree by Hilton Manchester Downtown, 700 Elm St., Manchester; Waypoint Concord, 103 N. State St., Concord; Waypoint Tri-City Region, 3 Wallace St., Rochester
WHAT: SleepOut is a night spent outside each March to expand our collective consciousness about youth homelessness in New Hampshire, and to raise funds to address critical needs that will help transform lives. SleepOut directly supports the state’s only overnight youth shelter in Manchester and youth drop-in centers in Concord and Rochester. In-person SleepOuts will take place in Manchester, Concord and Rochester, where sleepers will sleep under a large event tent. Individuals can virtually sleep out at other locations of their choice. The opening program begins at 8 p.m. March 29 at the DoubleTree by Hilton in Manchester in the Pensock Room.
COST: Free, but each participants encouraged to meet a minimal $100 fundraising goal
CONTACT: waypointnh.org/happenings/sleepout
FUNDRAISER
CONCORD HOSPITAL TRUST’S BEE’S KNEES SOCIAL CLUB
WHEN: Thursday, April 4, 6:30 – 9:30 p.m.
WHERE: Church Landing, 218 Daniel Webster Hwy., Meredith
WHAT: Get ready to don your 1920s attire and be transformed back to the Jazz Age during a night filled with music from a big band, cutting a rug in the main ballroom, enjoying tasty treats and creative mocktails with the copper nearby. Become a Bee’s Knees VIP and make a clean sneak to the private rooms where a password gets you in to taste the moonshine and leave you feeling hotsy totsy for 1920s beverages. Proceeds raised will support Concord Hospital health system with maternity, prenatal and postnatal OB/GYN patient care.
COST: $60 employee discount, $75 general admission, $125 VIP admission, $400 mini-mob group of six, $650 premium bundle group of two; reduced lodging rates at nearby Mill Falls, Chase House and Bay Point
CONTACT: giveto.concordhospital.org/events/bees-knees-social-club
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